Ariana Grande is once again looking wicked good on the red carpet.
The actress stepped out in Beverly Hills for the 2026 Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, January 11, wearing an ensemble that will quickly make the best-dressed list.
In a look styled by Project Runway judge Law Roach, Grande, 32, turned heads in her black custom Vivienne Westwood dress. She completed the look with her signature high ponytail and a giant diamond necklace for good measure.
Grande and the Wicked: For Good cast have a lot to celebrate at The Beverly Hilton as Hollywood’s biggest stars come together to celebrate the best in TV and film.
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Wicked: For Good is nominated for several awards, including Best Original Song and Outstanding Cinematic and Box Office Achievement. As for Grande, she received a nod in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture category.
Her fierce competition includes The Smashing Machine’s Emily Blunt, Sentimental Value’s Elle Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Weapons’ Amy Madigan and One Battle After Another’s Teyana Taylor.
“It is definitely just as exciting [as last year’s nomination] and kind of blindsiding,” Grande told The Hollywood Reporter in December 2025 after nominations were announced. “You don’t expect something like this, let alone [for it] to happen twice for the same role. So I’m just deeply honored. I’m just really moved by it.”
Nearly one year ago, Grande was nominated in the same category for the first Wicked film. The award, however, went to Zoe Saldaña for Emilia Pérez instead.
Throughout the success of Wicked, Grande has spoken out about how she completely transformed into the Good Witch of the North, a role she had long dreamed of playing, for the two-part Wicked series.
“Maybe people underestimate how long we spent finding and disappearing into these women,” Grande told Variety in a January 2025 profile, when also praising Cynthia Erivo’s portrayal of Elphaba. “When certain inflections or mannerisms take time to melt away, sometimes people poke fun, but we had a job to do, and we had things to get lost in — because that’s what the piece required.”
She continued, “Glinda required a lot of vocal work for me. Certain things maybe won’t melt away. Some will, but I’m really grateful for the pieces that will stay with us forever. What a beautiful thing to be left with, and to feel the ghost of every day.”
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Throughout the process, Slater has been a cheerleader for his girlfriend.
Although the pair try to keep their relationship away from the spotlight — and off red carpets — Slater has previously gushed about Grande’s work.
“Ariana’s performance is out of this world and Cynthia’s performance is unbelievable,” he told Extra in November 2025. “And Johnny [Bailey] is so beautiful, and Michelle [Yeoh] and Jeff [Goldblum] and I got to work with Marissa [Bode], you know, from this close away for this whole movie and yet getting to see her on the big screen, it’s just so moving. I’m so proud of this movie and it’s so different from the first one, and yet it feels like the obvious true continuation of it.”
