- Kirsten Dunst looked so different ditching her signature hairstyle at the 2026 Actor Awards on March 1.
- The Fargo alum posed next to husband Jesse Plemons in a coquette-coded updo and an apron LBD with a side-baring and backless design.
- Plemons was nominated for his first-ever Actor Award for his role in Bugonia.
Kirsten Dunst was husband Jesse Plemons’s leading lady for the evening as she accompanied the Fargo alum to the 2026 Actor Awards on Sunday. Posing alongside the A-listers at the March 1 red carpet event, the Interview With the Vampire actress had fans doing a double take as she switched out her go-to sleek blowout while putting a revealing twist on the LBD.
Dunst pulled her platinum blonde hair back into a side-parted updo with a large perky black bow atop it, giving her latest red carpet look an unexpected coquette update at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall. The star cosigned the apron dress trend with her signature elegance, turning heads in a completely side-baring and backless design as she supported Plemons, who is nominated for his first-ever Actor Award for his role in Bugonia opposite Emma Stone.
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As The Spider-Man star showed off different angles of the sleeveless LBD, she revealed dainty straps holding the backless and side boob-baring bodice in place. Dunst’s gown added some texture with floral embroidered appliqués on the bodice before billowing out into a ballgown skirt with exaggerated hips and a soft gathered design that hid her side pockets. A pair of black pointy-toed black leather stilettos with chunky heels peeped out from under the full floor-grazing skirt. Dunst accentuated her features with smoky black eyeliner and a soft rose pink lip, adding a major dose of sparkle with a diamond tennis necklace.
Meanwhile, Plemons contrasted his wife in an espresso-hued suit with a dual-toned brown and black lapel design and black buttons running down the front of his tailored blazer jacket. He embraced a polarizing black and brown color combination, adding a crisp black dress shirt underneath. A pair of shiny black patent leather dress shoes finished off his look.
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Dunst previously opened up about how she and Plemons approach couples dressing on the red carpet, admitting that she’s not the biggest fan of a coordinated style moment.
“We unconsciously do this a lot,” she joked about her and Plemons’s matching style moments in a September interview with Town & Country. “One of us changes, though. I’m not going to roll out… I don’t want to match my husband.”