Jennifer Lopez wore a head-turning Tamara Ralph couture gown to the Governors Awards in Los Angeles on November 16.The dress was complete with a plunging neckline, a corset back, and a dramatic train.Lopez attended the Governors Awards as awards season buzz continues to mount for her recent role in her first-ever musical, Kiss of the Spider Woman, which came out last month.
Jennifer Lopez attended the Governors Awards on November 16 in support of her film Kiss of the Spider Woman, and, as has happened so many times during her press run for the musical, all eyes were on her.
Jennifer Lopez at the Governors Awards.
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Lopez wore a black velvet Tamara Ralph couture gown with a champagne-colored overskirt to the event on Sunday. She paired the dress—which featured a plunging neckline, a dramatic train, and a corset back—with matching black velvet opera gloves and Chopard jewelry, her hair in a tousled updo.
The Governors Awards are presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor outstanding contributions to film, including lifetime achievement. Kiss of the Spider Woman marked Lopez’s first-ever musical, and firmly landed her in the Oscar conversation for the film Lopez said she was meant to be a part of.
Speaking at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, Lopez grew emotional as the movie received a standing ovation. “I’ve been waiting for this moment my whole life,” she said.
Jennifer Lopez in Tamara Ralph couture.
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“I never felt in my life that I was born to play a part ever,” she later said of her role as Ingrid Luna. “And I really felt that with this.” Of playing the character, she added that she “really took to it so immediately and was so excited.”
Lopez was asked on CBS Sunday Morning about expectations for award nominations, to which Lopez replied with a laugh, “I don’t, I don’t—I learned by lesson last time,” referring to Oscar buzz surrounding her role in 2019’s Hustlers.
The corset back of Jennifer Lopez’s Tamara Ralph gown.
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“But also, the joy, for me, is in doing it,” she continued. “Every single moment. It’s great to be in the conversation—like, you’re doing work that people recognize, and that they love. That’s enough.”
Jennifer Lopez.
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Jennifer Lopez on November 16, 2025.
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“It’s not that you can’t want more, or that you don’t want to stand up there and say thank you,” she explained. “Of course—we all want that.” She added, “But I realized that I don’t need it in the way that maybe I thought when I was younger. Not that I wouldn’t love it—I just want to do that little disclaimer!”