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    Rina Lipa will make her film debut as a cut-throat criminal

    The 24-year-old actress and model, who is the sister of pop star Dua Lipa, will feature alongside One Day's Jonny Weldon and Dune: Part Two star Tony Cook in thrilling British crime movie A Gangster's Life.


    For her silver screen debut in January, Rina will play Scarlett, who lives in a dangerous world of crazed mobsters, murder and betrayal.
    Rina will follow in her famous singer and actress sister's footsteps in A Gangster’s Life, which will see award-winning cinematographer Zak Fenning make his directorial debut.
    The forthcoming film pays homage to great gangster classics including Guy Ritchie’s Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and The Gentlemen.
    Tomi May, Christina Gkioka, Bradley Turner and Sasha Latoya will also feature in the upcoming movie, which is set to arrive on UK digital 19 January, courtesy of Miracle Media.
    The film tells the story of low-level scammers Ant (Cook) and Dick (Weldon), who cross vicious London gangster Emery (May).
    Following the life-changing move, the pair of crooks are reluctantly recruited into Emery's dark and dangerous world of criminal activity.
    Rina's alter-ego Scarlett is one of Emery's ruthless crew members, who use Ant and Dick as pawns in their criminal activity.
    However, the pair ended up fleeing to Greece when one of the mob winds up dead.
    The Lipas are no strangers to movie roles, as Dua previously appeared as Mermaid Barbie in Greta Gerwig's Barbie in 2023.
    And last year, Dua transformed into lethal spy character LaGrange in Matthew Vaughn's Argylle, which also featured Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, and Bryan Cranston.
    A Gangster's Life is on digital 19 January from Miracle Media.

    © 2025 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

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