Emmy Awards 2025 best dressed! Sydney Sweeney is red hot in cleavage-baring gown as she leads stars in revealing looks on TV’s biggest night

The 77th annual Primetime Emmy Awards brought television’s biggest names together at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday. 

Sydney Sweeney, 28, was ever the blonde bombshell as she smoldered in a red hot cleavage-baring Oscar de la Renta gown at the event. 

The Euphoria star complemented her sizzling dress with a stunning collection of jewels from Lorraine Schwartz, including a 120-carat diamond necklace. 

Wednesday star Jenna Ortega, 22, flashed the flesh in a nearly naked look by Givenchy, featuring a top with multi-colored chunky gems, and a simple black skirt with a thigh-high slit. 

The actress appeared to be channeling Isabella Rossellini‘s character in the 1992 film Death Becomes Her. 

Selena Gomez, 33, mesmerized in a glamorous red Louis Vuitton gown, with her dark hair pulled into a chic updo. 

The actress was joined by her fiancé Benny Blanco, 37. The loved-up pair indulged in plenty of PDA, even sharing a kiss on the red carpet. 

Meghann Fahy, 35, commanded attention in a plunging black dress with a racy front slit. 

Succession actress Justine Lupe, 36, kicked off the red carpet in a revealing Carolina Herrera mirrored halterneck gown. 

The statuesque star turned heads as she went braless in the plunging look, which featured silver disks throughout. 

She wore her blonde hair cascading down her shoulders and accessorized with silver jewelry.  

Model Shanina Shaik, 34, also opted for a racy black gown with a thigh-high slit on the side. Her glamorous look was completed with pointed-toe black heels and a matching clutch. 

The White Lotus star Meghann Fahy, 35, sizzled in a plunging black velvet gown with a front slit. 

Scarlett Johansson, 40, looked sensational in an elegant, sleeveless pale yellow gown with extensive ruching. She was joined by husband Colin Jost, who sported a classy black tuxedo. 

Cate Blanchett, 56, wore a black velvet jumpsuit with sharply structured shoulders.

Jennifer Coolidge, 64, mesmerized in an off-the-shoulder black gown with matching gloves. 

Walton Goggins, 53, was joined by wife Nadia Conners on the red carpet. The actor looked handsome as ever in a white shirt he left partly unbuttoned and a matching suit jacket. He completed the look with black pants.

Meanwhile Nadia stunned in a busty flowing white gown with a black belt.

The loved-up pair enjoyed plenty of PDA on the red carpet, and even shared a kiss at one point. 

Catherine Zeta-Jones, 55, brought the drama in a black strapless gown with an elaborate black lace corset top that transitioned into a shimmering black skirt. 

Kristen Bell, 45, mesmerized in a backless criss-cross dress with a top half that featured a black bodice, and a bottom featuring a sheer skirt. 

Kathy Bates, 77, enchanted in a dark brown gown, and wore her silver tresses swept up in a stylish updo. 

Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester, 39, was a vision in a Prada gown with side cut-outs. 

Aimee Lou Wood, 31, who is nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama series, looked stunning in a pale pink and red satin gown, which featured a sweetheart neckline with red fabric peeking out the top of the pink cups, as well as a long train.

Aimee made a powerful statement with her garment as she attached a ceasefire brooch to her dress in solidarity with those affected by the conflict in Gaza.

Singer Rita Ora turned heads for the evening in a cream and white gown featuring a racy plunging neckline and thigh-high split. She was joined by her husband, director and actor Taika Waititi. 

The Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal, 50, looked dashing in a crisp white suit. 

Dancing with the Stars pro Derek Hough, 40, cut a handsome figure in a crisp navy suit. 

The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Phaedra Parks, 51, sizzled in a busty strapless glittering silver gown. 

Heather McMahan and Bresha Webb both wowed the crowd in midnight blue gowns. 

Kit Hoover, 55, dazzled in a champagne silk dress that highlighted her cleavage. 

Jason Segel, 45, was joined by fiancée Kayla Radomski. She wowed in a black dress, while he looked handsome in a burgundy suit.

Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie, 46, showed off her impeccable sense of style in a tailored white suit. 

Gilmore Girls stars Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel were also present. 

Euphoria star Hunter Schafer, 26, wowed in a dark red McQueen gown.

Schitt’s Creek star Catherine O’Hara, 71, wore a dramatic black gown. 

Halsey, 30, turned heads in a dark metallic gown with a plunging neckline. She was joined by partner Avan Jogia. 

Harrison Ford seemed to be in high spirits when he arrived at the Emmys red carpet with his wife Calista Flockhart.

He has numerous iconic films behind him, but this year marks the first time Ford has ever been nominated for an Emmy Award.

He’s competing for his role on Apple TV+’s Shrinking as a senior therapist struggling with Parkinson’s disease.

The Indiana Jones star has gone all in on television after also leading the Yellowstone prequel 1923.

Brittany Snow, 39, opted for a pop of color in a bright pink dress. Malin Akerman, 47, also had a pink accent on her look, wearing a large pink bow on her black velvet dress.

Jake Gyllenhaal was joined by girlfriend Jeanne Cadieu. He looked dapper in a black suit while she wowed in a pale pink dress. 

Michelle Monaghan, Charlotte Le Bon, and Hannah Einbinder all wore metallic gowns. 

Brazilian fashion model and actress Caroline Ribeiro, 45, was effortlessly glamorous in a caped white gown. 

Sarah Catherine Hook, 30, looked magnificent in a black dress with sequins tassels.

Ben Stiller was joined by wife Christine Taylor, with the couple matching in black looks.

Javier Bardem was among the Hollywood stars to get political on the red carpet.

He wore a keffiyeh scarf and urged those watching to support the ‘Free Palestine’ movement in an interview with Variety, after the pledge was put together earlier this month, just ahead of the two-year anniversary of Hamas invading an Israeli music festival.

The three-hour show begins at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on Sunday, September 14, and is being broadcast live on CBS. Paramount+ premium subscribers can also stream the Emmys live or on demand, while base-tier subscribers can stream on-demand the day after. 

Grammy-nominated comedian Nate Bargatze is making his debut hosting the ceremony after becoming a stand-up star and a popular repeat guest on Saturday Night Live in recent years.

Apple TV+’s hit series Severance leads the nominees this year with an impressive 27 nods, including for Best Drama Series and most of the drama acting categories.

Nominees Adam Scott and Britt Lower star as office coworkers at a secretive company that uses a proprietary brain surgery to ‘sever’ their personality, creating a separate version of themselves at work that never knows what happens outside the office.

It’s competing in the Best Drama Series category against Andor, The Diplomat, The Last of Us, Paradise, The Pitt, Slow Horses and The White Lotus.

The Colin Farrell–starring HBO series The Penguin is in second place with 24 nominations, including for Best Limited or Anthology Series, along with acting nominations for Farrell and his costar Cristin Milioti.

The show takes a dark, realistic tone as it creates a backstory for the iconic comic book villain after Farrell played the character in the Robert Pattinson–starring blockbuster The Batman. 

Apple’s The Studio and HBO’s The White Lotus season three are both tied for 23 nominations, with the latter series scoring multiple supporting and guest actor nominations for its ensemble cast.

Seth Rogen, Catherine O’Hara, Ike Barinholtz, Chase Sui Wonders and Kathryn Hahn star in The Studio as Hollywood executives trying too revive a struggling studio, and the series features a bevy of A-list guest stars in cameo roles as themselves.

White Lotus stars Walton Goggins, Jason Isaacs, Sam Rockwell, Carrie Coon, Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell, Aimee Lou Wood and Scott Glenn will all be competing for acting honors, while creator Mike White is nominated in the writing and directing categories.

Fans will be watching for any signs of tension between Goggins and Wood after they struck up controversy after Goggins unfollowed his on-screen love interest on Instagram despite offering surprisingly effusive praise for Wood just weeks beforehand.

Goggins later claimed that it’s his standard practice to cut off communications with his costars after finishing up a big project.

‘When I left Justified . . . I didn’t talk to [costar Timothy Olyphant] for almost two years,’ he told Variety in June. ‘I’ve done that with every single thing that I’ve done.’

Pedro Pascal’s zombie video game adaptation The Last Of Us follows with 16 nominations, while Disney+’s Star Wars prequel series Andor and HBO’s previous Emmy winner Hacks both have 14 nominations. 

Hacks star Jean Smart, who has already won Best Lead Actress in a comedy for the past three years, is again nominated.

Her costar, Hannah Einbinder, is also nominated in the Supporting Actress category, even though she also has a lead role as a struggling comedian working to help an aging stand-up star (Smart) make it back to the A-list. 

This will be Einbinder’s fourth nomination, but so far she hasn’t been able to clinch the prize.

The Bear will hope to repeat its Emmys success with 13 nominations, and newcomers The Pitt and Adolescence are tied with it. 

This year marks the first Emmy nomination for Harrison Ford for his work in Apple TV+’s dramedy Shrinking.

The line between film and television was further blurred when filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Ron Howard received their first-ever acting Emmy nominations for guest appearances on Seth Rogen’s Hollywood satire The Studio. 

Many of the biggest stars of film and television will be on hand to present this evening, including Elizabeth Banks, Ike Barinholtz, Angela Bassett, Jason Bateman, Kathy Bates, Kristen Bell, Sterling K. Brown, Stephen Colbert, Jennifer Coolidge, Alan Cumming, Eric Dane, Colman Domingo, Tina Fey, Walton Goggins, Kathryn Hahn, Mariska Hargitay, Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law, James Marsden, Christopher Meloni, Jenna Ortega, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Parker Posey, Jeff Probst, Phylicia Rashad, Hiroyuki Sanada, Sydney Sweeney, Sofia Vergara, Jesse Williams and Catherine Zeta-Jones. 

It hasn’t sunk in yet for comedian Nate Bargatze, 46, that he’s about to perform for his biggest audience ever.

‘This is the first I’m thinking about it, was this week,’ he joked in his trademark deadpan tone while speaking to CBS last week.

Bargatze, who favor clean comedy at his arena-filling shows, said he planned to avoid ‘mean’ jokes at the Emmys. 

‘I was like trying to think of like how, which way you want to go and it’s like . . . even we’ve had stuff written that I think was a little more roast stuff and then it’s like after you think about it a couple of days, I’m like, “Nah, let’s go back another way,”‘ he said, adding, ‘We have some fun stuff though that’s planned.’

In addition to hosting, Bargatze will be competing in the Best Variety Special and Best Writing for a Variety Special categories for his stand-up special Your Friend, Nate Bargatze