Zoey Deutch made a bold entrance to the 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards on Sunday.
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The 31-year-old actress, who was nominated for Best Supporting Performance for her role in the French New Wave love letter Nouvelle Vague, stood out in the crowd comprised of stars including Kirsten Dunst, Keke Palmer, Rose Byrne, Kaia Gerber and more.
Deutch wore Valentino, one of her go-to designers, with an ivory blazer that doubled as a dress and featured front pockets and wide cuffs that skimmed the backs of her hands.
The most eye-catching aspect was the large black bow tie, another of her favorite accessories.
She added delicately embroidered black hose and black pumps to the ensemble, and wore her hair pulled back in a tight bun while her diamond engagement ring sparkled.
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Lending her loving support at the awards show was her fiancé, the 34-year-old American Vandal star Jimmy Tatro, who looked cool and classy in a black suit and white unbuttoned shirt with no tie. He previously accompanied her to the Sundance Film Festival in January.
Zoey Deutch made a bold entrance to the 2026 Independent Spirit Awards on Sunday in a dress designed by Valentino
The Best Supporting Performance nominee for Nouvelle Vague was supported at the event by her fiancé, 34-year-old American Vandal star Jimmy Tatro
Deutch is known for her roles in both comedies and dramas, including Vampire Academy (2014), Set It Up (2018), the Ryan Murphy Netflix series The Politician (2019-2020) and Clint Eastwood's Juror #2 (2024).
She plays actress Jean Seberg in Richard Linklater’s film Nouvelle Vague, which follows the chaotic 1959 shoot of the iconic French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless.
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Deutch underwent a dramatic transformation to play the American actress and icon of the French New Wave, going from brunette to blonde and cutting her hair in a pixie cut.
When Linklater first offered her the role 11 years ago, Deutch admitted she 'didn’t know much about Jean, I didn’t know much about New Wave Cinema, but I had a decade to learn,' she said in a Q&A at the Hammer Museum in December of last year.
'It’s very rare to have that much time to fall in love with your character and meet your character. I didn’t know how real it was. It was a very passing comment. I didn’t hear anything else again for another five years but of course it was always in the back of my head.'
Seberg died tragically in Paris in 1979 at the age of 40. French police ruled that her death was a probable suicide.
Meanwhile, Deutch and Tatro announced last September that they had secretly been engaged for three months after the YouTuber-turned-actor proposed during their summer getaway in Corsica.
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Deutch showed off the cushion-cut diamond ring in her social media post.
The beaming couple — who announced last September that they'd been engaged for three months — wore complementary ensembles, with Deutch flashing her cushion-cut diamond engagement ring
The actress wowed in her Valentino dress with a black bow tie detail. She accessorized her glam ensemble with embroidered hose and black pumps
Deutch arrived to the star-studded event wearing sunglasses but she later cast them aside
The Los Angeles native, 31, beamed a bright smile for the cameras
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Deutch appeared to be soaking up all the excitement ahead of the show
She referred to him as the 'love of my life' in her caption alongside a photo of them sharing a sweet moment after she accepted his proposal.
Deutch and Tatro first went public with their relationship on Valentine's Day 2021, when he posted a collage of the pair with the cheeky caption: 'Just using today as an excuse to post some top-notch untapped Zoey content.'
Their first public appearance as a couple came soon after at a Super Bowl LVI pregame party, and the couple has been inseparable ever since.
Deutch has frequently opened up about their dynamic.
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In August 2022, she revealed on the Betches U Up? podcast that their differences keep things exciting.
'I would be so bored if I was dating someone who agreed with me on everything and thought everything in the same way as me — I'd be so bored by that. I mean I am currently with someone who is my actual polar opposite,' she said.
Their shared sense of humor has also been a bonding ingredient that works for them.
That same year, Deutch told Lights, Camera, Barstool that Tatro couldn't even get through her movie Not Okay without cringing.
The couple posed cheek-to-cheek inside the venue
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Deutch maintained a soft smile despite losing out to Sorry, Baby actress Naomi Ackie in the Best Supporting Performance category
The newly engaged star paused to catch up with friend and collaborator Dylan O'Brien and director Emily Korteweg at the show
Deutch went through a major transformation to play actress Jean Seberg in Richard Linklater's Nouvelle Vague, which follows the chaotic 1959 shoot of iconic French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless (pictured with Guillaume Marbeck as Godard)
'My boyfriend watched it for the first time and he was like, "No! Zoey, why are you doing that?"
'I don't know if he actually really watched it because his head was in his hands the whole time,' she mused.
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Beyond Hollywood, the couple has built a love story filled with adventure.
They rang in 2023 with a trip to Antarctica, explored Ireland in August of that year and ended 2023 on the snowy slopes of Colorado with friends.