It is the first really hot day of the year in New York, and the lobby of The Carlyle hotel is littered with stray glam squads. They are preparing for the evening’s Tiffany & Co Blue Book Gala, which will be held in the Park Avenue Armory a few blocks south. I shift uncomfortably, cowed by the grandeur; the hotel staff alone are decked out in tailored wool and satin jackets, not to mind the passing celebrities. I tell the hostess I’m there to meet Greta Lee. She raises her eyebrows, purses her lips and says, “Ooh, lucky!”
Tiffany & Co platinum and diamond Palm earrings and matching necklace. Dior silk twill shirt, POA, cotton jeans, £1,700, and leather belt, £890. Jewellery throughout by Tiffany & Co from the 2026 Blue Book Collection, all POA © James Brodribb
Everyone loves Greta. She popped up for years on some of our favourite shows (Girls, High Maintenance, New Girl), reliably stealing scenes with what appeared to be insouciant effortlessness. Then her trajectory was dramatically altered by a starring role in Celine Song’s debut feature Past Lives, a restrained, immaculate drama in which Lee’s Nora reconnects with an adolescent love from Korea, the country she left as a child. Her performance earned Lee a Golden Globe nomination in the best actress category. She has also been seen in A House of Dynamite, Apple TV’s The Morning Show and an award-winning episode of The Studio, Seth Rogen’s Hollywood comedy drama. This summer she will be on-screen in the much-anticipated Toy Story 5, Netflix’s horror movie The Last House and the Willem Dafoe-starring drama Late Fame.
