Elizabeth Banks Is Glowing from Head to Toe on theSkincarePremiere Red Carpet

Mar. 15, 2025

Elizabeth Banks on August 13, 2024 in New York City.Photo:John Nacion/Variety via Getty

John Nacion/Variety via Getty

It’sElizabeth Banks' time to shine.

For Tuesday’s Aug. 13 premiere of herlatest movie,Skincare, the actress, 50, stepped out in New York City wearing a silver cowl neck sequin dress. Her minidress included a variety of sequins that increased in size toward the bottom and she topped her look off with a pair of black tights and an oversized black blazer.

Elizabeth Banks on August 13, 2024 in New York City.John Nacion/Variety via Getty

The actress was also seen in the same sparkling ensemble when she served as a guest onThe Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallonon Tuesday. But for that appearance, she kept her blazer off, directing all eyes to the shimmery dress.

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Elizabeth Banks on ‘The Tonight Show’ on Tuesday, August 13, 2024.Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty

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The movie also starsLewis Pullman, who plays Hope’s friend Jordan, as well as Luis Gerardo Méndez,Michaela Jaé RodriguezandNathan Fillion. Austin Peters directedSkincarefrom a script he wrote with Sam Freilich and Deering Regan.

WhileSkincareis a fictional story,some of it is actually based in truth.Former aesthetician-to-the-stars Dawn DaLuisewas acquitted of involvement in a murder-for-hire plot after being arrested in 2014. (DaLuise hassaid she is considering legal actionagainst the film.)

Going into the project, Banks said she wasn’t aware of DaLuise’s story.

“I didn’t know it at all. I had never heard about it. I was just all in on Hope Goldman and this character and the sort of milieu of L.A.,” she toldEntertainment Weeklyin July.

Elizabeth Banks in ‘Skincare.'.Courtesy of IFC Films

Courtesy of IFC Films

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“So when I read the script, that’s what I was thinking,” she continued. “I was like, ‘I’m going to base it on Matty.’ "

Skincareis in theaters Aug. 16.

source: people.com