Over the past decade, Danielle Brooks has change into a recognizable face in Hollywood, due to her work on Orange is the New Black, Peacemaker, and Ladies. Final evening, the actor attended her first Golden Globes as a nominee, incomes a nod for Finest Efficiency by a Feminine Actor in a Supporting Position for her work as Sofia within the film The Colour Purple.

Brooks fondly remembers studying about her nomination. “I used to be in my resort room in NYC on the cellphone with my husband and had CBS on within the background,” she tells Vogue. “So I came upon in actual time and couldn’t have been extra excited!” Since then, she’s been attempting to remain current. “I’ve actually been centered on dwelling within the second as a result of every second has been so particular.”

In honor of her first nomination, Brooks had a number of musts. “I needed a coloration that complimented my pores and skin, however that additionally made a press release. Purple is an influence coloration and I’m feeling highly effective,” she says. So she landed on a tomato-hued Moschino costume by Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, and embellished her look with Swarovski jewellery and Louboutin sneakers. In her bag, she carried a secret weapon—a chunk of awards present recommendation she was given: “All the time have a snack in your purse,” she says.

“We pulled from basic couture silhouettes and pictures of Dorothy Dandridge, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for her work in Porgy and Bess, honoring the custom of Black ladies theatre performers in movie,” explains stylist Jennifer Austin. One other reference was Joyce Bryant, recognized, Austin says, as “the Black Marilyn Monroe.”

“She was an unimaginable jazz vocalist, nicknamed ‘The Belter;’ mermaid clothes have been her signature,” Austin provides.

With assist from hairstylist Tish Celestine and make-up artist Rebekah Aladdin—and a helpful hidden snack—Brooks was prepared for her massive evening. As for her post-ceremony celebration plans? “Dancing the evening away with a glass of Pinot!”