Emma Mackey wore a sophisticated long black dress as she attended the Alpha photocall during Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday.

The British actress, 29, looked incredible in the strappy number which boasted an eye catching white bow on the bust.

Emma elevated her frame in a pair of towering black stilettos and kept her accessorises to a minimum. 

The Sex Education star styled her new brunette bob loose allowing it to blow in the wind as she posed up a storm for photos at Palais des Festivals. 

Emma beamed as she posed looking over her shoulder at photographers before being joined by her co-stars. 

Alpha was well-received at the festival, receiving a 12-minute standing ovation but the screening nearly came to a halt after an audience member suffered a medical emergency. 

Emma Mackey showed off her amazing figure in a sophisticated long black dress as she attended the Alpha photocall during Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday

Emma Mackey showed off her amazing figure in a sophisticated long black dress as she attended the Alpha photocall during Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday

The British actress, 29, looked incredible in the strappy number which boasted an eye catching white bow on the bust

The British actress, 29, looked incredible in the strappy number which boasted an eye catching white bow on the bust

According to Variety, about an hour into the film, attendees in the balcony began waving their phone torches and calling out for a doctor. 

Paramedics then arrived, and despite calls for the screening to be paused, carried an audience member out on a stretcher while the movie continued to play.  

No further details have been released but the medical emergency is not thought to be related to the content of the body horror film, which had not shown anything graphic by that point. 

MailOnline has contacted Cannes Film Festival for comment. 

At the premiere, Emma ensured all eyes would be on her as she hit the red carpet in a glittering silver gown that clung to her toned figure and was adorned with thousands of sequins.

The Sex Education star looked in good spirits as she joined co-stars includingTahar Rahim and Melissa Boros and Palme d’Or-winning director Julia Ducournau on the red carpet before attending the premiere.

Alpha follows the tale of a troubled teenager (Mélissa Boros) and her single mother whose ‘world collapses after Alpha one day returns from school with a tattoo on her arm’.

The film will be released in France on August 20.

Emma elevated her frame in a pair of towering black stilettos and kept her accessorises to a minimum The actress showed off her amazing figure in the long black number

Emma elevated her frame in a pair of towering black stilettos and kept her accessorises to a minimum

Emma beamed as she posed looking over her shoulder at photographers

Emma beamed as she posed looking over her shoulder at photographers

The Sex Education star styled her new brunette bob loose allowing it to blow in the wind as she posed up a storm for photos at Palais des Festivals Emma pictured in 2023

The Sex Education star styled her new brunette bob loose allowing it to blow in the wind as she posed up a storm for photos at Palais des Festivals

She was later joined by her co-stars (L-R) Louai El Amrousy, Tahar Rahim, Mélissa Boros, Julia Ducournau, Emma Mackey and Finnegan Oldfield

She was later joined by her co-stars (L-R) Louai El Amrousy, Tahar Rahim, Mélissa Boros, Julia Ducournau, Emma Mackey and Finnegan Oldfield

Alpha was well-received at the festival, receiving a 12-minute standing ovation but the screening nearly came to a halt after an audience member suffered a medical emergency

Alpha was well-received at the festival, receiving a 12-minute standing ovation but the screening nearly came to a halt after an audience member suffered a medical emergency

Emma Mackey ensured all eyes would be on her as she attended the Alpha premiere during Cannes Film Festival on Monday in a stunning sequinned gown  pictured with Louai El Amrousy and Mélissa Boros)

Emma Mackey ensured all eyes would be on her as she attended the Alpha premiere during Cannes Film Festival on Monday in a stunning sequinned gown  pictured with Louai El Amrousy and Mélissa Boros)  

Emma burst onto screens in 2019 as wild child Maeve in Sex Education.  

The headmaster’s daughter, who had a ‘sheltered’ upbringing as a ‘bookish’ Catholic schoolgirl, was working as a translator before landing her breakthrough in the racy Netflix series.

Emma was born in northwest France to a French father, a headmaster, and an English mother, a charity volunteer, moving to the UK aged 17 to study English Literature at Leeds University where she took part in amateur theatre productions. 

The day before graduating, Emma made the decision to apply for drama schools in London and landed an agent a year later. Six months after that she was cast in Sex Education after five rounds of auditions.

At the time Emma was working as a translator and living with friends and family to save money.

‘When I got off the phone I burst into tears and did a clichéd squeal,’ she previously revealed. ‘I called my mum and pretended to be very, very cool. Like, “Yeah, got this role, it’s no big thing”.’

Emma went on to land roles in Death on the Nile and Barbie. 

In 2023, Emma won the EE Rising Star Award at the British Academy Film Awards.

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