John Ibrahim and his fiancée Sarah Budge looked every inch the stylish couple on Thursday night while attending a movie premiere in Sydney.
The couple wore all-black looks as they appeared without their two-year-old son Elvis at the world premiere of Life After Fighting.
Wearing a pair of black jeans and a jumper, the Kings Cross identity, 53, donned a black sports jacket and slipped on a pair of matching sparkly loafers.
Meanwhile, her love, 32, put on a striking display while carrying a Bottega Veneta handbag worth a staggering $4,250.
The designer accessory paired beautifully with her black heels, jeans and coat, and the glamorous model also showed off her huge diamond engagement ring.
John Ibrahim, 53 (right) and his fiancée Sarah Budge, 32 (left), looked every inch the stylish couple on Thursday night while attending a movie premiere in Sydney.
Sarah completed her look with highly sculpted makeup, opting for brown eyeshadow and intense contour before applying a nude lip.
Life After Fighting is an action-packed film filmed entirely in Western Sydney with an all-Australian cast and will be released in select cinemas overseas.
The film follows martial arts instructor Alex Faulkner, who must confront an international ring of child traffickers when two of his students disappear.
The couple wore all-black looks as they appeared without their two-year-old son Elvis at the world premiere of Life After Fighting.
Bren Foster directed, wrote and stars in the film as Alex and filmed the film over five months in the suburbs around Penrith.
John and Sarah’s appearance at the premiere comes after the former nightclub owner’s portrait was shortlisted for the 2024 Archibald Prize.
Sydney artist Oliver Watts’ painting of Kings Cross Identity is among 57 finalists competing for the prestigious award.
The artwork was shortlisted from a total of 1,005 entries and the winner will be carefully selected by Art Gallery of New South Wales staff.
It faces portraits of Hollywood stars Jacob Elordi and Anthony LaPaglia, activist Julian Assange, author Tim Winton and The Wiggles’ Anthony Field, among others.
John had been asked to sit for portraits before, but finally agreed when approached on the set of Last King of the Cross, a television drama based on his autobiography.
A portrait of Kings Cross identity John Ibrahim has been shortlisted for the 2024 Archibald Prize
Oliver, a three-time Archibald finalist, contacted John through his friends who were working on the set and agreed to pose for the artwork.
“I’m delighted to be a part, even in a small way, of such a prestigious event,” John told the Daily Telegraph of the portrait selected as a finalist for the Archibald Prize.
Meanwhile, Oliver added of his painting: ‘I placed (John) on his old ground. Set on Kellett Street after dark, the portrait uses the style of a British society portrait.
John’s 2017 autobiography inspired the Paramount+ drama series Last King of the Cross, which has been commissioned for a second run following its global success.
The first series of the popular crime drama aired in February 2023 to great popularity and filming for the show’s second season began in Sydney earlier this year.
The painting of a former nightclub owner, by Sydney artist Oliver Watts (pictured), has been selected from among 57 finalists competing for the prestigious award.
The series sees actors. Lincoln Younes and Claude Jabbour play brothers John and Sam Ibrahim, while Tess Haubrich plays Detective Liz Doyle.
British actor Tim Roth, who earned an Oscar nomination for the 1995 film Rob Roy, plays fictional crime boss Ezra Shipman in the show.
Matt Nable also plays Big Tony, while Uli Latukefu plays Tongan Sam and Janet Anderson plays Simone.
Lead actor Lincoln landed the role of John after exhaustive screening. search that lasted almost two years.
The second eight-part season. It is expected to take the story into the 2000s with John expanding his ‘club empire’, while their family dynamic will also take center stage in the plot.
John’s 2017 autobiography inspired the Paramount+ drama series Last King of the Cross, which has been commissioned for a second run following its huge success.
Dave Hoey will join the cast as younger brother Michael Ibrahim, while newcomer Alex Kaan will also take on the role of Fadi.
Helium Pictures’ Mark Fennessy told TV Tonight: “We are very excited to continue the story of Last King of The Cross, bringing more extreme and fascinating untold stories of John Ibrahim and his family.”
“Season two will surprise and thrill our audience in unexpected ways as we enter the seductive, dangerous and ecstasy-filled world of the early 2000s.”
According VarietyThe show’s 10-episode first season sold out to several overseas territories, including Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The Ibrahim brothers were prominent figures in Sydney’s nightclub district and the series explores key events in their lives, including the near-fatal stabbing of John.