Nicola Peltz Beckham walked the Venice Film Festival’s Kinéo Awards red carpet at Sala Grande in Italy on Saturday, 5 September 2026, honoured with the Rising Star Award in purple Balenciaga Haute Couture.
The 83rd edition of the Italian festival handed the 31-year-old actor its Rising Star nod, as reported by Us Weekly, and her husband Brooklyn Beckham, 27, worked the carpet beside her in a crisp black-and-white tuxedo.
The two arrived together at Sala Grande.
The purple gown came from Balenciaga Haute Couture, designed by Pierpaolo Piccioli, and it did most of the talking before anyone reached the podium. Brooklyn kept his own look deliberately plain in black and white, which left the couture to carry the entire photo call.
What earned Nicola Peltz the Venice Film Festival honour
The Kinéo Awards announced in August 2026 that the Rising Star Award, handed out each year to promising actors, filmmakers, writers or producers, would go to Peltz Beckham for her work in the upcoming indie drama Prima.
The award confirmation arrived weeks before the carpet.
Prima followed a ballerina wrestling with the job of modernising her dance company, a story built from an original idea by Peltz Beckham herself. Alessandro and Luca Morelli directed the film, which put its lead in the rare position of both originating the premise and carrying it.
The cast around her carried serious weight, with Faye Dunaway, Mira Sorvino, Jack Huston and Betty Gabriel all attached to the indie drama.
That line-up was the part Peltz Beckham led with when the news first broke, well ahead of any talk about trophies.
What Nicola Peltz said before the Venice Film Festival night
She had already said her piece back in January 2026, when the casting and award news first landed and she posted about it on Instagram.
Her note was less about the trophy and more about the people who signed on. Peltz Beckham wrote:
“I’m truly honoured that this incredible cast and crew came together for Prima. It still feels unreal that my wildest dreams came true, that these extraordinarily talented creatives joined forces to bring to life a story that first began in my dream.”
Nicola Peltz and Brooklyn beyond the Venice Film Festival
The pair had become fixtures on red carpets, usually arriving as a matching set at fashion and film events. Venice flipped the usual arrangement, because the invitation belonged to Peltz Beckham and her husband was the one along for the ride.
A release date for Prima had not been announced at the time of publishing, which left the Rising Star trophy as the only piece of the film in public view. The next test arrives when the picture reaches audiences and the cast Peltz Beckham assembled is judged on screen.
