SAG red carpet: Julie Benz

Fashionistas may have noticed that purple hues showed up a lot at Saturday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards and Dexter’s Julie Benz showcased the trend nicely.

Hours before the awards ceremony, she gushed about her “glam swat team” coming over to whip her into red carpet shape. Their efforts paid off with this glowy, gauzy look:

Benz, whose character was killed off in the Dexter Season 4 finale, next appears on Desperate Housewives.

Images: Bauer-Griffin