Stephanie Hsu was the picture of elegance at the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday.
The Everything Everywhere All at Once star, 32, stunned in a black dress with large white off-the-shoulder sleeves as she hit the red carpet before winning Best Breakthrough Performance.
She won for her role as Joy Wang/Jobu Tupaki in the Academy Award-nominated film, which was her ‘first-ever individual award.’
Her dress hugged her fantastic figure and featured a slit up the middle that stopped at her thighs.
The Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings actress paired her outfit with black heels, pearl earrings, and a pearl ring.
Big night: Stephanie Hsu was the picture of elegance at the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards
Strutting: She stunned stunned in a black dress with large white off-the-shoulder sleeves
Hsu also wore matching pearls as part of her hair look, which was a knot on top of her head and had the pearls peaking out.
The beauty went for a glowing makeup look with rosy cheeks, highlighted cheekbones, cat-eye eyeliner, and clear lipgloss.
She was joined on the carpet by members of her Everything Everywhere All at Once cast, Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan.
The directors of the film, Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan, also hopped in for some pictures as a group.
Jeremy Pope and Danielle Deadwyler presented Hsu with the Best Breakthrough Performance award.
The rising star made her way to the stage with her heels in her hand before taking the award and putting them back on for her speech.
‘I came from the world of downtown experimental theater, and it is one of my biggest [sources of pride] to be from that community, knowing how to make something out of nothing.
‘This is my first-ever individual award, and it feels incredibly appropriate that it is in this room.’
Elegance: Her dress hugged her fantastic figure and featured a slit up the middle that stopped at her thighs
Up close: The star actress paired her outfit with black heels, pearl earrings, and a pearl ring
The dress: The 32-year-old wore matching pearls as part of her hair look, which was a knot on top of her head and had the pearls peaking out
Soft smiles: The beauty went for a glowing makeup look with rosy cheeks, highlighted cheekbones, cat-eye eyeliner, and clear lipgloss
Family forever: She was joined on the carpet by her movie parents, Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan
The team: The directors of their film joined for some photos; (L-R) Daniel Scheinert, Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu, and Daniel Kwan
She also shared one of her favorite memories from her time on set and how the cast and crew became one big family.
Hsu broke down one of the scenes they filmed and how every cast and crew member would work together to reset the scene, so they had ‘time to play.’
The actress concluded: ‘I hope I get to take this today less as an award, as a symbol of winning, but I hope that this can protect me in this moment of breaking through, that it can act as a talisman to protect that freak flag, that desire to help make and to offer stories that help us grow as a society and community in the best way that we don’t know how.’
She wasn’t the only big winner from her film for the night, Everything Everywhere All at Once dominated the show with seven wins, including Best Feature.
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert won the award for Best Director, Michelle Yeoh won for Best Lead Performance, and Ke Huy Quan won for Best Supporting Performance.
It also took home the awards for Best Screenplay and Best Editing.
The 38th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards were held at the Santa Monica Pier on Saturday, March 4, with comedian Hasan Minhaj hosting.
Joking around: Everything Everywhere All at Once won Best Feature at the awards
Gotta get comfortable: Hsu won the award for Best Breakthrough Performance, which she accepted from Jeremy Pope and Danielle Deadwyler
Time to shine: She won for her role as Joy Wang/Jobu Tupaki in the Academy Award-nominated film
Pure happiness: The award was her ‘first-ever individual award’ that she has ever won
Beaming: In her speech she shared that she hoped her win would ‘act as a talisman to protect that freak flag, that desire to help make and to offer stories that help us grow as a society and community in the best way that we don’t know how’
The nominations were officially announced late last year in November, and the awards ceremony is notably known for bringing ‘together top talent from throughout the world of film and television,’ according to the official website.
This year, the awards show will only be available to view via streaming, and will not air live on IFC, a first since 1997, reported Variety.
Instead, fans and audiences can easily tune in to watch the beachside festivities on IMDB’s YouTube Channel, as well as the Film Independent’s YouTube and Twitter pages.
Some of the top categories include Best Feature, Best Director, and also Best New Scripted Series.
The Spirit Awards have also installed new gender-neutral categories, combining both male and female actors for Best Lead and Supporting Performances in film and television.
Josh Welsh, who is the current Film Independent President, told Variety that, ‘It’s something we’ve been talking about for probably three years.’
Another honor given out during the annual ceremony is the John Cassavetes Award, which is presented to a creative team for a film that was budgeted at less than $1,000,000. The nominees include The African Desperate, The Cathedral, Holy Emy, A Love Song and Something In The Dirt.
First-time winner: She also shared one of her favorite memories from her time on set and how the cast and crew became one big family
Showing it off: Hsu broke down one of the scenes they filmed and how every cast and crew member would work together to reset the scene, so they had ‘time to play’
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Just a quick kiss: ‘I came from the world of downtown experimental theater, and it is one of my biggest [sources of pride] to be from that community, knowing how to make something out of nothing’
Photo op: The rising star posed with Jeremy Pope and Danielle Deadwyler in the IMDb Portrait Studio
Domination: The film dominated the show and won seven awards; (L-R): Jamie Lee Curtis, Michelle Yeoh, Dan Kwan, Stephanie Hsu, Jonathan Wang, Daniel Scheinert and Ke Huy Quan
Goofing around: After winning all of their awards, the cast, directors, and producer gathered in the IMDb Portrait Studio with their awards
Best Feature nominees are: Bones And All, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Our Father The Devil, Tár and Women Talking.
Best Leading Performance nominees include Cate Blanchett, Dale Dickey, Mia Goth, Regina Hall, Paul Mescal, Aubrey Plaza, Jeremy Pope, Andrea Riseborough, Taylor Russell and Michelle Yeoh.
In the television category, Best New Scripted Series nominees are: The Bear, The Porter, Severance, Station Eleven and Pachinko.
The Independent Spirit Awards were officially launched in 1984, and they also act as a fundraiser for the independent film and television community.