LisaRaye McCoy made it a girls’ night with her granddaughter Bella Rae at the 2026 EBONY Power 100 Gala on Monday, Nov. 9. The pair arrived at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles in coordinating, sparkling dresses.
McCoy wore a crystal-embellished silver gown by Yusef Al-Jasmi with long sleeves and a plunging neckline. Bella chose a sleeveless black dress with metallic floral embroidery and a full tulle skirt.
In a red carpet interview with Fashion Bomb Daily, McCoy credited her stylist with helping her pull the outfit together at the last minute. “I said I need something quick and easy, because I just came back from Chicago from the Soul Train Awards,” she said.
Bella, whose mother is McCoy’s daughter Kai Morae Pace, said she found her dress the day before the gala. “It was on Sunday, so we had to pick something pretty quick too. But yeah, I found this cute dress that I really liked and thought it was nice,” the 9-year-old said.
The gala celebrates the honorees on EBONY’s annual Power 100 list, which recognizes influential Black leaders in entertainment, sports, business, science and other fields.
Asked what power meant to her, McCoy said, “When I think about power, I think about being able to control the narrative. To be able to sit in your power of confidence, enough for others to be able to notice it. Whether you’re on that stage, whether you are behind the camera, in front of the camera, or on the platform, on the red carpet. You have to exude some kind of power, some kind of something that make people look and command the attention. That’s powerful.”
McCoy and Bella have attended several recent events together, including the 2025 BET Awards and the American Black Film Festival Honors on Feb. 16.
During an interview with HelloBeautiful at the ABFF Honors, Bella called her grandmother “inspiring.” “Some of the lessons I’ve learned from her include how to cook and bake. She’s basically taught me everything that I know now. She even taught me how to look good on the red carpet and everything,” Bella said.
Hearing Bella’s words moved McCoy. “I’m working for legacy now,” she said, adding that it was a privilege to know “that I have to be an example for her in the house before she goes outside the house.”
