Elizabeth Debicki Masters Understated Elegance in a Black Gown at ...

Elizabeth Debicki is back at the Emmys with her second nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her work as Princess Diana in The Crown. The Australian actress stepped out at the Los Angeles ceremony this evening, wearing a black Dior ballgown. She accessorized with beautiful drop earrings, a sparkly bracelet, and diamond rings.

Debicki won a Golden Globe earlier this year for her portrayal of Princess Diana in the series. She spoke to Harper’s Bazaar in November about what she learned playing the character, including during Diana’s final days in the show.

“I think the idea of letting go of a character sometimes feels very appropriate,” she began. “If it’s a character that you’ve embodied and it feels like, Okay, I’m done with that, you’re really ready to wash it off. But this is very different for me. I’ve learned a lot from studying her life, and I find the years that I played the character based on her—those years in the ’90s—they were completely tumultuous. They were also years of watching a human being grow into themselves and emerge kind of luminous through immense difficulties that were played out in the public eye, and also a person who comes to trust their own voice, their own personal power, and what they’re capable of doing.

“It seems to me, in my interpretation, that she was really someone who in their vulnerability found strength, and I find that very inspiring. She learned to move the needle on really profound issues that were just not being touched by anybody else because they were either highly stigmatized, or there was a lot of talk of political repercussions, should somebody take up the cause. It seems to me that she was somebody who was capable of giving an enormous amount of love and just lived for those moments of being able to connect with people and understood that, what else is there, really, in life, other than giving that to people? It takes immense generosity, immense strength. I never sensed an agenda there. It just seems uncannily natural.

“I think just looking at that and learning from that, you think, Well, why not? Life is short, and all we have are the people around us, and we should endeavor to be as kind and generous to everybody—to our neighbors, to people who are suffering, people who have less than us. I also think she put love at the center of her life for her children; and I think she believed that pursuing the love she felt she was worthy of receiving was also a worthy pursuit to put at the center of her life, and I’ve learned from that too.”