Back To Black star Marisa Abela puts on a busty display and flashes her legs in a plunging black dress with thigh high split at the Academy Museum Gala

Marisa Abela put on a daring display as she joined a host of stars at at Academy Museum Gala on Saturday. 

The Back To Black star, 27, flashed her cleavage in a plunging black dress which she wore with a cropped tuxedo blazer. 

The actress also showed off her toned legs with a thigh high split and added inches to her frame with a pair of towering black platform heels.

Marisa added to her sensational look with a statement silver chain which included a large amber pendant. 

The dark-haired beauty opted for simple peachy-toned make-up and left her black hair loose as she posed for the cameras. 

The actress showed off her toned legs with a thigh high split and added inches to her height with a pair of towering black platform heels

The Back To Black star flashed her cleavage in a plunging black dress which she wore with a cropped tuxedo blazer

Her outing comes as she revealed she thought her career was over after seeing her scarred body for the first time after cancer surgery left her fearing her career was over.

The Industry star was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in November 2020 shortly after filming the first series of the TV drama in which she plays privileged billionaire Yasmin Kara-Hanani.

Recalling the moment she first saw the scar across her throat, she said: ‘When I first went to the bathroom after surgery and I saw myself in the mirror, I thought, ‘That’s it, my career is over’.

‘[My neck] was stapled, bloody. It wasn’t pretty at all, and the scar is big.’

She also told of her fears that her future acting roles would be restricted to characters with the description ‘she had this big scar on her neck’ and how her diagnosis at the age of just 23 had changed her thoughts about her body.

‘[After] being diagnosed with cancer – even if it’s something like thyroid cancer, which isn’t necessarily life-threatening – there’s a distrust within your body I really wouldn’t wish on anyone,’ she told The Times.

‘This thing existed inside me for years without me knowing it was there – and that has changed my relationship with my body.’

But the actress’s scar hasn’t held her back at all. 

Marisa added to her sensational look with a statement silver chain which included a large amber pendant

Her outing comes as she revealed she thought her career was over after seeing her scarred body for the first time after cancer surgery left her fearing her career was over

But the star’s thyroid cancer has not held her back and Marisa took on the leading role in this year’s Amy Winehouse biopic (pictured)

Marisa also stars in the HBO series Industry which follows a group of graduates trying to outdo each other in the cut-throat world of a City of London bank (pictured with Kit Harrington)

Marisa found fame on the HBO series Industry which follows a group of graduates trying to outdo each other in the cut-throat world of a City of London bank.

Discussing the show with Elle magazine, Marisa revealed the close bond she has with her co-stars. 

She said: ‘They are genuinely some of my closest friends. It’s actually incredibly useful to have peers figuring it all out at the same time.’