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Teyana Taylor exclusively tells PEOPLE that she and Julia Roberts became "instant besties" when they first met at the 2026 Golden Globes
"She's my bestie in my head, even if she don't know it," she quipped of the Pretty Woman star
In addition to winning Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Globes, Taylor received a Virtuosos Award for her role in One Battle After Another at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Feb. 8
Teyana TaylorandJulia Robertsformed an instant bond.
Ahead of accepting her Virtuosos Award at theSanta Barbara International Film Festivalon Feb. 8, theOne Battle After Anotheractress, 35, admits she was nothing short of starstruck when she met thePretty Womanstar, 58, at the2026 Golden Globesjust a few weeks prior.
"Everybody knows that I love Julia Roberts," Taylor tells PEOPLE. "I'm obsessed with her. And she was on the carpet at the same time I was on the carpet, but it was the part where it's all the videos and stuff happening, so we wasn't in front of cameras."
"They brought her over and I looked, and I started backing up and my eyes was watering and she was coming closer," she continues. "And I said, 'Don't come an inch closer.' And she was coming closer, and then I just dived into her arms and it was just so amazing."
"We was like instant besties," Taylor adds.
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Admitting she was definitely "crying" during the sweet moment, Taylor recalls Roberts' shocking reaction to her winning Best Supporting Actress for her role as Perfidia in the Paul Thomas Anderson-directed drama.
"She was standing up when I won and I just dived into her arms again, and it was just so amazing," she gushes. "So yeah, she's my bestie in my head, even if she don't know it."
Beyond her newfound friendship with theNotting Hillactress, Taylor said that making friends was easy while doing "this whole award circuit thing."
As for who she's formed an especially close bond with? The "Gonna Love Me" singer deemedJacob ElordiandOscar Isaacher "award besties."
"Those are my boys," she says. "I feel like every single time we run into each other at an event, we just always cutting up. And I love it, but I've made so many friends."
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When it comes to her music career, the R&B star has also said that she's had the honor of getting advice from some of her own favorite artists. She even told PEOPLE last month thatBeyoncéwas the one whotold her to "invest in yourself" and not take anything personallyin the industry.
"I definitely came in the business at a time where I went into everything with my heart, and I didn't understand certain things, and I would go to her and she's just like, 'Don't take it personal,' " Taylor recalled. "My mom would tell me the same thing."
"That instilled in me iftheBeyoncé is this way and she's so grounded and she's sothis, this is the way I need to be," she added. "And [Beyoncé], being as humble as she is and as grounded as she is, definitely showed me everything that I needed to know...and I don't take for granted."
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