DUBAI: Australian actress Markella Kavenagh showed off a gown by Lebanese luxury label Elie Saab at the world premiere of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” Season Two in London — just days after another star opted for Elie Saab on the red carpet.
Kavenagh’s two-tone, floor-length ballgown hailed from the fashion house’s Fall/Winter 2024 collection.
Kavenagh plays the harfoot Nori Brandyfoot in both seasons of the show, which streams on Amazon Prime Video. Her first film break came with 2019’s “True History of The Kelly Gang,” and she has also taken on roles in Australian TV shows like “Romper Stomper,” “Picnic at Hanging Rock,” and “The Cry.”
The actress previously told Collider that costumes and makeup played a major role in helping her get into character.
“I think for me, it’s the costume and the makeup. I think that’s when I fully feel like I am the character because beforehand, the preparation that you do or the research that you do or the backstory that you do, that’s all well and good, but then to actually have the other layers come together. It also just brings you closer to the heads of department and to the crew because they’ve all had a hand in making that,” she said.
Meanwhile, British actress Nathalie Emmanuel attended the Los Angeles Premiere of Peacock's “The Killer” earlier in August wearing a look from Elie Saab’s Haute Couture Autumn/Winter 2023 collection.
The look featured a black-on-black bodice and skirt combination with a thigh-high slit for extra drama.
Directed by John Woo, the remake of the 1989 classic sees an assassin land in hot water after sparing the life of a young woman. Emmanuel, Omar Sy and Sam Worthington star in the action flick.
Something Woo wanted to do this time around was explore the assassin, played by Emmanuel, as a human being.
“She has a lot of emotions,” Emmanuel told Forbes. “With many of the classic action stereotypes, everyone's very steely, and they have this sternness, and he was like, 'I want vulnerability and that conflict in her to be really evident.' I loved that he wanted to approach it in that way.”
