She is the Melbourne-born model whose acting career in Hollywood is on the rise.
And Abbey Lee Kershaw, 36, certainly looked at home on the Cannes Film Festival red carpet on Sunday when she attended the premiere of Kevin Costner’s new Western epic, Horizon: An American Saga.
The Melbourne-born beauty, known professionally as Abbey Lee, stunned in a lavender beaded silk dress with a halter neckline, thigh slit and draped details.
Adding height to her towering figure was a pair of strappy silver pumps, while a diamond bracelet and matching drop earrings added extra sparkle to her look.
For makeup, the slender blonde highlighted her chiseled features with peach blush, eyeliner, bright eye shadow and taupe lipstick, while her blonde balayage hair was left in loose waves.
Australian model and actress Abbey Lee Kershaw, 36, (pictured) stunned on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday while attending 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 her co-stars Hayes Costner, Alejandro Edda, Jena Malone, Georgia MacPhail, Sienna Miller, Ella Hunt, Luke Wilson, Wasé Chief and Isabelle Fuhrman. .
Abbey plays Marigold in Horizon, a sex worker living in a small mining town who witnesses a murder and must flee to her protector, played by Costner.
Horizon is the first of four film installments planned by Costner, who has been working on the story for 30 years and mortgaged his property in Santa Barbara, California, in order to raise funds to create it.
The Melbourne-born beauty caused a sensation alongside the film’s director Kevin Costner (right)
Abbey looked ethereal in a lavender beaded silk dress with a halter neckline, thigh slit and draped details.
Costner is believed to have personally raised as much as $50 million of Horizon’s $100 million budget with the move.
Abbey has been out of the Hollywood spotlight in recent years, but occasionally appears for modeling 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 towering figure was a pair of strappy silver pumps, while a diamond bracelet and matching earrings added extra sparkle to her look.
For makeup, the slender blonde highlighted her chiseled features with peach blush, eyeliner, bright eye shadow and taupe lipstick, while her blonde balayage hair was left in loose waves.
Her most recent role before Horizon was the 2023 television show Waco: The Aftermath, in which she played a The former Southern debutante turned neo-Nazi and became a government informant.
Also in 2023, Abbey starred in the American crime drama series Florida Man.
He has also received several accolades for his acting over the years, including being nominated for Best Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series at the 2021 Screen Actors Guild Awards for his performance in Lovecraft Country.
She was joined on the red carpet by her co-star and director Costner, as well as other cast members (LR: Hayes Costner, Alejandro Edda, Jena Malone, Georgia MacPhail, Sienna Miller, Kevin Costner, Ella Hunt, Luke Wilson, Jefe Wasé, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Isabelle Fuhrman)
Before finding fame as an actor, Abbey was an accomplished model who regularly appeared on runways around the world, walking for brands such as 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 the Alexander McQueen runway in 2008 due to extreme exhaustion and an incredibly tight corset.
‘I didn’t defend myself enough when I should have. “It’s a very complicated industry and there isn’t much protection for young models,” she said at the time.
“So if you don’t know how to protect yourself, you may find yourself in situations where it would be nice to have someone to back you up.”
Before finding fame as an actor, Abbey was an accomplished model who regularly appeared on catwalks around the world, walking for brands such as Victoria’s Secret, Fendi, Versace and Dolce and Gabbana.