The rise of the Aussie girl you've probably never heard of as she steps out alongside Kevin Costner at Cannes premiere of his highly anticipated Western epic Horizon: An American Saga
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She's the Melbourne-born model whose Hollywood acting career is on the rise.
And Abbey Lee Kershaw, 36, certainly looked at home on the Cannes Film Festival red carpet on Sunday as she attended the premiere of Kevin Costner's new Western epic, Horizon: An American Saga.
The Melbourne-born beauty, who is known professionally as Abbey Lee, stunned in a beaded silk gown in lavender with a halter neckline, thigh split and draped detailing.
Adding height to her lofty frame was a pair of strappy silver pumps, while a diamond bangle and matching drop earrings added extra sparkle to her look.
For makeup, the svelte blonde enhanced her chiselled features with peach blush, winged eyeliner, shimmering eye shadow and taupe lipstick, while her balayage blonde hair was left out in loose waves.
Australian model and actreess Abbey Lee Kershaw, 36, (pictured) stunned at the Cannes Film Festival red carpet on Sunday as she attended the premiere of Kevin Costner 's new Western epic, Horizon: An American Saga.
She was joined on the red carpet by her co-star and director Costner, as well as fellow cast-members Hayes Costner, Alejandro Edda, Jena Malone, Georgia MacPhail, Sienna Miller, Ella Hunt, Luke Wilson, Wasé Chief, and Isabelle Fuhrman.
Abbey portrays Marigold in Horizon, a sex worker living in a small mining town who witnesses a murder and must go on the run with her protector, played by Costner.
Horizon is the first of four planned film instalments by Costner, who has been working on the story for 30 years and mortgaged his estate in Santa Barbara, California in order to raise the finances to create it.
The Melbourne-born beauty posed up a storm alongside the film's director Kevin Costner (right)
Abbey looked ethereal in a beaded silk gown in lavender with a halter neckline, thigh split and draped detailing.
Costner is thought to have personally raised up to $50 million of Horizon's $100 million budget with the move.
Abbey has been out of the Hollywood spotlight in recent years but occasionally pops up for modelling and acting roles.
She is best known for playing The Dag in 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road, alongside Megan Gale, Zoë Kravitz, Riley Keough and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.
Adding height to her lofty frame was a pair of strappy silver pumps, while a diamond bangle and matching drop earrings added extra sparkle to her look
For makeup, the svelte blonde enhanced her chiselled features with peach blush, winged eyeliner, shimmering eye shadow and taupe lipstick, while her balayage blonde hair was left out in loose waves
Her most recent role before Horizon was the 2023 TV show Waco: The Aftermath, in which she portrayed a former Southern debutante turned neo-Nazi, turned government informant.
Also in 2023, Abbey starred in the American crime drama series Florida Man.
She has also received several accolades for acting over the years, including being nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series at the 2021 Screen Actors Guild Awards for her performance in Lovecraft Country.
She was joined on the red carpet by her co-star and director Costner, as well as fellow cast-members (L-R: Hayes Costner, Alejandro Edda, Jena Malone, Georgia MacPhail, Sienna Miller, Kevin Costner, Ella Hunt, Luke Wilson, Wasé Chief, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Isabelle Fuhrman)
Before finding fame as an actor, Abbey was an accomplished model who regularly appeared on runways across the globe, walking for the likes of Victoria's Secret, Fendi, Versace and Dolce and Gabbana.
In an interview with Stellar magazine in 2018, Abbey was asked about the treatment of models after she fainted on Alexander McQueen's runway in 2008 due to extreme exhaustion and an incredibly tight corset.
'I didn't stand up for myself enough when I should have. It's a very tricky industry and there's not a lot of protection for young models,' she said at the time.
'So if you don't know how to protect yourself, you can find yourself in situations where it would be nice to have somebody who's got your back.
Before finding fame as an actor, Abbey was an accomplished model who regularly appeared on runways across the globe, walking for the likes of Victoria's Secret, Fendi, Versace and Dolce and Gabbana
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