The 2023 SAG Awards delivered a number of the best forged reunions of the yr, between Jason Bateman and Julia Garner from Ozark to Leo Woodall, Meghann Fahy, and Theo James of The White Lotus. However maybe the one which had us most in our nostalgia-fueled feels was The Guardian Lure’s Lisa Ann Walter and Elanie Hendrix (aka Chessy and Meredith) reuniting on the 2023 SAG Awards.
Walter and Hendrix arrived arm-in-arm on the crimson carpet to have fun Walter’s work in Abbott Elementary — she and her forged (Quinta Brunson, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Janelle James, Tyler James Williams) had been nominated for Excellent Efficiency by an Ensemble in a Comedy Collection. The 2 IRL finest buddies as soon as famously performed the enemies within the 1998 Disney traditional, additionally starring Lindsay Lohan.
“Lisa Ann Walter requested me to point out up as her date, so by golly, I confirmed up as her date,” Hendrix stated on the carpet, to which Walter replied, “She positive did. It is the best-looking date in a tux I’ve ever had.”
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The buddies served up some main Outdated Hollywood-esque glamour by carrying coordinating seems to be with matching rhinestone hair clips and vivid crimson lips. Walter donned a billowing black off-the-shoulder robe with a plunging sweetheart neckline and a sheer floral skirt. For her half, Hendrix selected a traditional black tux, channeling icon Marlene Dietrich and styling the outfit with a glittery clutch and open-toed heels.
Walter shared the particular which means behind her ensemble with Individuals. “I went a bit of extra ’50s, however it is a costume that I discovered about 5 years in the past, and after I noticed it I used to be totally unemployed, and I stated I am gonna put on this to the SAG awards,” she stated. “Particularly, I do not know why, however particularly the SAG awards — so I really feel like I manifested it.”
She continued, “It is a costume that my mother liked, and he or she handed final yr so I am carrying her with me. That is her little lucite clutch from the ’50s.”
Sunday’s crimson carpet outing just isn’t the primary for the pair (and doubtless not their final). In 2019, the actresses attended the Tony Awards collectively, however the buddies additionally make sure that to seek out time away from the lights and cameras.
“I like to arrange dinners and brunches, and I’ve a whole lot of events. And so does Lisa,” Hendrix stated of their friendship. “We’ll costume up [in] ’70s [clothes] and curler skate at my celebration, and we’ll costume up and reenact Sport of Thrones at considered one of Lisa’s events.”
