Red Carpet Recap: The Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards showcased leading-lady style

In its 17th year, the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards drew some of the industry's biggest names to its red carpet.

Maiysha Kai

Mar 8, 2024

ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Awards, 2024 ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Awards, Black Hollywood, Black celebrity style, red carpet style, awards season, awards season style, Black celebrity fashion, Zendaya, Zendaya fashion, Law Roach, Essence magazine, theGrio.com — Zendaya attends the 2024 Essence Black Women In Hollywood Awards ceremony at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on March 7 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Arnold Turner/Getty Images for ESSENCE)

Just days away from the 2024 Academy Awards and on the eve of International Women’s Day, Black Hollywood celebrated some of its favorite women at the 17th Annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards. On Thursday, March 7, some of the industry’s biggest talents and creators gathered at Los Angeles’ Academy Museum of Motion Pictures for the annually anticipated event, hosted this year by Grammy Award-winning rapper, actor, entrepreneur and perennial heartthrob Cliff “Method Man” Smith. This year’s honorees embodied Black excellence both on and off-screen: Grammy Award winner and 2024 Oscar nominee Danielle Brooks, six-time Grammy-nominated singer and star of “The Little Mermaid” Halle Bailey, celebrated screenwriter and showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll, and president of original programming for Starz, Kathryn Busby, all received their proverbial flowers as they were fêted by a full house of the industry’s finest.

Emmy Award-winning actress and modern style icon Zendaya took a break from the Fashion Month red-carpet runway that has been the “Dune: Part Two” press tour, giving casual luxury alongside her partner in fashion, Law Roach. Chloe and honoree Halle Bailey were once again a dynamic duo, gracing the red carpet in complementary outfits with coordinating cutouts. Some, like actor-rapper Joey Bada$$ and actor-singer Soraya, brought couple style to the carpet, while Boris Kodjoe proved the apple does not fall far from the tall and handsome tree, posing alongside his son, 17-year-old basketball player Nicholas Neruda Kodjoe.

Who else brought Black Hollywood style to the 17th Annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards? Check out theGrio’s star-studded gallery to see all the looks — and catch this year’s event on Friday, March 15 at 9/8c on OWN, and streaming on Max.

Danielle Brooks

Danielle Brooks attends the 2024 ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Awards Ceremony at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on March 07, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Arnold Turner/Getty Images for ESSENCE)