There Were So Many Powerful Women at Elle's Annual Television Bash

Updated on 1/26/2016 at 5:00 AM

Elle's sixth annual Women in Television dinner in West Hollywood on Wednesday night was all about celebrating powerful female roles. A collection of stars gathered at the Sunset Tower Hotel for the event, including Nina Dobrev, who stunned in a black and white gown, and Modern Family's Sarah Hyland. Also in attendance were the magazine's January cover stars, How to Get Away With Murder's Viola Davis, Quantico's Priyanka Chopra, and HBO's Vinyl star Olivia Wilde, who arrived without her fiancé, Jason Sudeikis. Meanwhile, actresses Sarah Rafferty and Abigail Spencer shared a sweet hug outside, and Tracee Ellis Ross struck poses on the red carpet following her recent #OscarsSoWhite joke. Read on to see more highlights from the star-studded night.

Pictured: Kirsten Dunst

Pictured: Priyanka Chopra

Pictured: Gillian Jacobs

Pictured: Jessica Capshaw

Pictured: Viola Davis

Pictured: Sarah Hyland and Nina Dobrev

Pictured: Busy Philipps

Pictured: Tracee Ellis Ross

Pictured: Jordana Brewster

Pictured: Sarah Rafferty and Abigail Spencer

Pictured: Juliette Lewis

Pictured: Amanda Peet

Pictured: Abigail Spencer

Pictured: Sarah Hyland

Pictured: Priyanka Chopra and Robbie Myers

Pictured: Ian Harding

Pictured: Malin Akerman

Pictured: Kate Walsh

Pictured: Gillian Jacobs and Joel McHale

Pictured: Lana Parrilla

Pictured: Olivia Wilde

Pictured: Rebecca Romijn

Pictured: Kirsten Dunst

Pictured: Yara Shahidi and Tracee Ellis Ross

Pictured: Nina Dobrev