Oscars 2023: Ana de Armas Details Feeling Marilyn Monroe's "Presence"

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Ana de Armas, who is nominated for Best Actress astatine the 2023 Oscars for her relation arsenic Marilyn Monroe successful Blonde, shared wherefore she wanted to bash "right" by the precocious Hollywood icon.

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Diamonds are Ana de Armas' champion person astatine the 2023 Oscars.

The Blonde histrion brought Marilyn Monroe glam to reddish carpet astatine the March 12 event, dazzling successful a sparkling Louis Vuitton dress. (See each the stars astatine the Oscars 2023.) The 34-year-old, who is nominated for Best Performance by an Actress successful a Leading Role, completed the look with blush constitution and jewelry.

And portion Ana's Academy Awards look surely paid homage to the precocious Hollywood legend, she elaborate however the full Blonde unit felt inspired by arsenic they made the film.

"Marilyn is each implicit LA," she told E! News' Laverne Cox. "Everywhere we went, each the locations, everyplace you spell she's there, everyone has a communicative astir her. So we decidedly each felt her beingness successful the consciousness of that spiritual energy, and I deliberation that decidedly helped with the committedness and that willingness of everyone doing close by her and loving the process of making this movie adjacent more."

And soon, that beingness could gain Ana her archetypal Oscar. Joining her successful the Best Performance by an Actress successful a Leading Role class are Cate Blanchett (Tár), Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie), Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans)and Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once).

And past fall, the Knives Out prima explained conscionable however life-changing stepping into Marilyn's iconic shoes were.

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Calling the movie a "gift" to enactment on, Ana told The Hollywood Reporter, "We were successful her service, successful a way. She was each I thought about. She was each I could speech about. She was with me. And it was beautiful."

Keep scrolling to spot much stars the 2023 Oscars.

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Lady Gaga

In Versace

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Melissa McCarthy

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Cate Blanchett

In Louis Vuitton

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Elizabeth Banks

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Rooney Mara

In Alexander McQueen with Fred Leighton jewelry 

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Kate Hudson

In Louis Vuitton

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Janelle Monáe

In Vera Wang with REZA jewelry

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Emily Blunt

In Valentino with Chopard jewelry 

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Salma Hayek

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Michelle Williams

In Chanel Couture with Tiffany & Co. jewelry

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Michael B. Jordan

In Louis Vuitton with Tiffany & Co. jewelry 

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Andrew Garfield

In Fendi with David Yurman jewelry 

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Halle Berry

In Tamara Ralph

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Michelle Yeoh

Christian Dior Couture with Moussaieff 

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Ke Huy Quan

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Nicole Kidman

In Armani Privé

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

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Samuel L. Jackson

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Idris Elba

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Sabrina Dhowre Elba

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Jessica Chastain

In Gucci

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Jessie Buckley

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge

In Dolce & Gabbana

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Paul Mescal

In Gucci

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Tems

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Deepika Padukone

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Nazanin Boniadi

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus

In Lanvin with Nikos Koulis jewelry 

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Austin Butler

In Saint Laurent

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Kelly Ripa

E!'s 2023 Oscars reddish carpet kicks disconnected Sunday, March 12, astatine 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT connected E!, followed by the 2023 Academy Awards astatine 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT connected ABC. And don't miss E! News the adjacent time astatine 11 p.m. for a afloat recap of the biggest Oscars moments.

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