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We&#39;ve rounded up some red carpet looks, candid photos, and classic character stills to celebrate <a class="ipc-md-link" href="/name/nm0000182/?ref_=ttch_eds_right-7_lk">Jennifer Lopez</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link" href="/name/nm0002064/?ref_=ttch_eds_right-7_lk">Giancarlo Esposito</a>, and more screen icons.

David Thewlis, Fred Armisen, Jessica Chaffin, Mark Duplass, Richard Kind, Thandiwe Newton, Andrew Rannells, Maya Rudolph, Paula Pell, Seth Morris, Jessi Klein, Jason Mantzoukas, Jon Daly, Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, June Diane Raphael, and Ayo Edebiri in Everything We Forgot to Tell You About Sex (2025)

David Thewlis, Thandiwe Newton, Maya Rudolph, Jessi Klein, Jason Mantzoukas, Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, and Ayo Edebiri in Everything We Forgot to Tell You About Sex (2025)

Natasha Lyonne, Andrew Rannells, Jason Mantzoukas, Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, June Diane Raphael, and Ayo Edebiri in Why Do We Go Through Puberty? (2025)

Jessi Klein, Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, and Ayo Edebiri in Homecumming (2025)

Andrew Rannells, Jessi Klein, Jason Mantzoukas, Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, June Diane Raphael, and Ayo Edebiri in Why Do We Go Through Puberty? (2025)

Jordan Peele, Brian Tyree Henry, and Ayo Edebiri in Dadda Dia! (2022)

Jessi Klein and Ayo Edebiri in The Great Unknown (2025)

Jenny Slate and Ayo Edebiri in The Great Unknown (2025)

Nathan Fillion, Thandiwe Newton, and Ayo Edebiri in Everyone Watches Porn (2025)

Thandiwe Newton, Cynthia Erivo, and Ayo Edebiri in Everything We Forgot to Tell You About Sex (2025)

Jessi Klein, Jason Mantzoukas, Gina Rodriguez, Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, Joe Wengert, Joel Kim Booster, and Ayo Edebiri in The Great Unknown (2025)

Patrick Page and Ayo Edebiri in Panic! At the Mall (2023)

Keke Palmer, Nick Kroll, Brandon Kyle Goodman, and Ayo Edebiri in I F**king Hate You (2021)

Keke Palmer and Ayo Edebiri in Best Friends Make the Best Lovers (2021)

Thandiwe Newton and Ayo Edebiri in No Nut November (2021)

Andrew Rannells, Jason Mantzoukas, Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, Jak Knight, and Ayo Edebiri in No Nut November (2021)

Maya Rudolph, Jordan Peele, Jessi Klein, Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, and Ayo Edebiri in What Are You Gonna Do? (2020)

Jessi Klein, Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, and Ayo Edebiri in What Are You Gonna Do? (2020)

Andrew Rannells, Jessi Klein, Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, and Ayo Edebiri in Horrority House (2020)

Teenage friends find their lives upended by the wonders and horrors of puberty.

Maya Rudolph, Jessi Klein, Jason Mantzoukas, Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, and Ayo Edebiri in Big Mouth (2017)

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