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The as-yet-unidentified thief who stole the _12 Years a Slave_ star’s dress apparently returned it to the London Hotel in Los Angeles, the [Los Angeles](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lupita-nyongos-stolen-oscar-dress-recovered-20150227-story.html)[ _Times_](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lupita-nyongos-stolen-oscar-dress-recovered-20150227-story.html)reports. A sheriff’s department spokesman indicated some confidence that the pearl-covered dress discovered in a hotel bathroom is the same one Nyong’o wore to present J. K. Simmons’s Best Supporting Actor Oscar. “We believe this dress is the dress that was stolen from the London Hotel,” a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. Nyong’o’s dress was one of the biggest stories of Oscar night even before it was stolen; covered in 6,000 pearls, the dress was [reportedly worth](http://www.thewrap.com/lupita-nyongos-oscar-dress-dripping-with-6000-pearls-stolen-from-hotel-room-report/) $150,000. \[[_Los Angeles Times_](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lupita-nyongos-stolen-oscar-dress-recovered-20150227-story.html)\] ### See All the Best Actresses in Oscar History  1929: Janet Gaynor - Street Angel, Sunrise and 7th Heaven Bob Thomas—Popperfoto/Getty Images  1930: Mary Pickford - Coquette Edwin Bower Hesser—John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images  1931: Norma Shearer - The Divorcee George Hurrell—John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images  1932: Marie Dressler - Min and Bill Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone/Getty Images  1933: Helen Hayes - The Sin of Madelon Claudet General Photographic Agency/Getty Images  1934: Katharine Hepburn - Morning Glory 1968: Katharine Hepburn - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1969: Katharine Hepburn - The Lion in Winter 1982: Katharine Hepburn - On Golden Pond Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  1935: Claudette Colbert - It Happened One Night Imagno/Getty Images  1936: Bette Davis - Dangerous 1939: Bette Davis - Jezebel Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone/Getty Images  1937: Luise Rainer - The Great Ziegfeld 1938: Luise Rainer - The Good Earth Ted Allan—Hulton Archive/Getty Images  1940: Vivien Leigh - Gone with the Wind 1952: Vivien Leigh - A Streetcar Named Desire Gordon Anthony—Getty Images  1941: Ginger Rogers - Kitty Foyle Hulton Archive/Getty Images  1942: Joan Fontaine - Suspicion John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images  1943: Greer Garson - Mrs. Miniver Popperfoto/Getty Images  1944: Jennifer Jones - The Song of Bernadette Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images  1945: Ingrid Bergman - Gaslight 1957: Ingrid Bergman - Anastasia Apic/Getty Images  1946: Joan Crawford - Mildred Pierce Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images  1947: Olivia de Havilland - To Each His Own 1950: Olivia de Havilland - The Heiress Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images  1948: Loretta Young - The Farmer's Daughter Columbia Pictures/Getty Images  1949: Jane Wyman - Johnny Belinda Jack Albin—Hulton Archive/Getty Images  1951: Judy Holliday - Born Yesterday GAB Archive/Redferns/Getty Images  1953: Shirley Booth - Come Back, Little Sheba Camerique/Getty Images  1954: Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday Hulton Archive/Getty Images  1955: Grace Kelly - The Country Girl Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images  1956: Anna Magnani - The Rose Tattoo Mondadori/Getty Images  1958: Joanne Woodward - The Three Faces of Eve Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images  1959: Susan Hayward - I Want to Live! 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