Fashion

Here’s Every Celeb Who Wore Black At The Golden Globes In Support Of Gender Equality

by Olivia Muenter
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

In the weeks leading up to the 2017 Golden Globes Awards, preliminary media coverage of the awards show popped on most everyone's news feeds and timelines. But this year the anticipation of what the stars would wear was a little bit different than usual. In the anticipatory coverage of the show, it surfaced that many nominees and attendees for this year's ceremony (both men and women) announced they planned on wearing black to the Globes in an effort to protest gender inequality, sexism, and sexual violence in the entertainment industry.

This statement comes on the heels of industry mega star Harvey Weinstein being accused of sexual misconduct by dozens of women — and the viral #MeToo movement that followed. The latter encouraged women to share their own stories of gender inequality and sexual violence in an effort to highlight the disturbing prevalence of such conduct. Both in Hollywood and beyond, #MeToo put the rampant gender inequality and mistreatment of women in the spotlight in a remarkable way. What started as one man's accusers speaking out snowballed into an avalanche of consequences for men in all corners of the entertainment industry.

When it comes to #MeToo's effect on the Golden Globes, there's of course no doubt that the black dress protest was inspired by the movement. The two are inherently connected. And while some people are still on the fence as to whether or not men wearing black to the awards really means anything (don't most of them wear tuxes, anyway?), such a sweeping gesture from so many industry names is big. While #MeToo could have easily faded away into the background, as many viral hashtags tend to do so quickly, it hasn't. It's three months later and not only has it not been silenced, but now the most powerful women in Hollywood are bringing it to one of the largest and most public stages in entertainment.

There may be those who argue that a more powerful statement could be boycotting the award show altogether, or raising money for causes supporting gender equality. But so many people banding together for one common cause is indisputably powerful in its own right, especially when those people hold so much influence. The black dresses are, as many women in Hollywood posted on social media throughout Golden Globes day, a signal that #TimesUp — for sexism and gender equality in Hollywood, as well as far beyond.

Salma Hayek

Handout/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Oprah

Kevin Winter/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Allison Janney

Kevin Winter/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Geena Davis

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Emilia Clarke

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Greta Gerwig

Greg Doherty/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Elisabeth Moss

Rachel Murray/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Zoe Kravitz

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Gal Gadot

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Mary J Blige

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Margot Robbie

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Penelope Cruz

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Sarah Jessica Parker

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Nicole Kidman

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Halle Berry

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Reese Witherspoon & Eva Longoria

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Jessica Biel

Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Kate Hudson

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Saoirse Ronan

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

America Ferrera & Natalie Portman

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Angelina Jolie

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Mariah Carey

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Laura Dern

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Viola Davis

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Gwendoline Christie

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Millie Bobby Brown

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Octavia Spencer

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Kerry Washington

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Connie Britton

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Jessica Chastain

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Chris Hemsworth

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Allison Janney

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Issa Rae

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Kit Harington

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Katherine Langford

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Samira Wiley

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Sarah Paulson

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Ricky Martin

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Christina Hendricks

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Ewan McGregor

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Chrissy Metz

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Nick Jonas

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Heidi Klum

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Darren Criss

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Dakota Johnson

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

David Harbour

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Freddie Highmore

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Tracee Ellis Ross

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Kelly Clarkson

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Claire Foy

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

William H. Macy

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Edgar Ramirez

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Gaten Matarazzo

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Bill Pullman

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Daniel Kaluuya

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Jeannie Mai

Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Missi Pyle

Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Billy Eichner

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Finn Wolfhard

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Dove Cameron

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Sadie Sink

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Caleb McLaughlin

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Noah Schnapp

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Malin Akerman

Tara Ziemba/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

O. T. Fagbenle

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Jane Campion

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Joseph Fiennes

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Ryan Seacrest

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Caitriona Balfe

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Debra Messing

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Susan Kelechi Watson

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Rachel Brosnahan

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Giuliana Rancic

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Sterling K Brown

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Laura Marano

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Mario Lopez

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images