THE RUNDOWNTeyana Taylor is making her Oscar debut tonight in a dramatic black-and-white Chanel gown.The star is nominated for Best Supporting Actress.She recently spoke to ELLE about this new era of her career five years after she stepped away from music.One Battle After Another star Teyana Taylor has turned looks throughout awards season, opting for dramatic cut-out gowns and sculptural silhouettes. For the Oscars, she chose another daring ensemble. The star wore a black-and-white Chanel dress with a sheer bodice and an extravagant sweeping train. She accessorized with Tiffany & Co. jewelry.Taylor posed on her own but teased in an interview with Entertainment Tonight earlier this week that her daughters, 10-year-old Iman “Junie” Tayla Shumpert Jr. and 5-year-old Rue Rose Shumpert, would be joining her at the ceremony.ANGELA WEISS//Getty ImagesGilbert Flores//Getty ImagesJulian Hamilton//Getty ImagesTaylor is up for Best Supporting Actress this evening, and One Battle After Another is nominated for Best Picture, among other awards. This is the star’s first-ever Oscar nomination and her first time attending the Academy Awards.Taylor was one of ELLE’s 2025 Women in Hollywood honorees. She spoke in her interview about entering a new era of her career after she stepped back from music in 2020. (She released her Grammy-nominated comeback album, Escape Room, last year.)“I have a lot of gratitude for how I am able to see all of my prayers answered, all of the tears wiped,” she said. “It was tough because I said I retired, and I didn’t know what was next. I was afraid, but I wasn’t afraid to take the leap. I’ve always had a strong relationship with God and felt him saying, ‘Okay, do you trust me? I know you’ve been trusting, but do you really, really trust me? You ready to let me take that teddy bear from you so I can give you something bigger and better?’ I told y’all that one day I’m going to be a big director, and [the fact that] that is coming to fruition shows his power.”She also discussed the challenges that still exist in Hollywood, admitting, “Well, the hardest part is being a woman in Hollywood. The even harder part is being a Black woman in Hollywood, because I do feel like this is a man’s world. And we have to show who we are as women to be respected in that space.”The star added more optimistically, “I do see change happening. I do see more light being shed on women, and I think it’s because we’re busting through the doors, unapologetically us. We’re not giving anybody a choice: you will see us and you will hear us. And if you don’t, we’re going to make you. Seeing women step into our glory and standing 10 toes down in some red bottoms has been amazing. We’re really stomping through, and that’s what I love about being a woman in Hollywood. We’re going to make you hear us.”