Imogen Poots cut a shimmering figure as she arrived at the premiere for her film Hedda during the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday.
The actress, 36, who plays the role of Thea Clifton in the film, looked incredible in the glittering purple sequin number as she took to the red carpet.
Imogen wore her blonde hair swept up into a stylish messy bun, while completing the look with a slick of deep red lipstick.
Thea is the girlfriend of Eileen Lovborg – formerly a male character in Ibsen’s original play (1891) – now a woman played by Nina Hoss.
The film is the 2025 reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, now simply titled, Hedda, about the daughter of a general trapped in an unhappy marriage.
Thea’s presence adds complexity to the central love triangle and intensifies the emotional dynamics between the women.
Imogen Poots cut a shimmering figure as she arrived at the premiere for her film Hedda during the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday
The actress, who plays the role of Thea Clifton in the film, looked incredible in the glittering purple sequin number as she took to the red carpet
Imogen wore her blonde hair swept up into a stylish messy bun, while completing the look with a slick of deep red lipstick
Thea is the girlfriend of Eileen Lovborg – formerly a male character in Ibsen’s original play (1891) – now a woman played by Nina Hoss.
Earlier this summer, Imogen’s ex-fiance James Norton has said he is ‘crazily grateful for the pain’ of their break-up.
The actor, now 39, got engaged to the 28 Weeks Later actress, 36, in 2022 after four years together, but they split in 2023.
The Little Women star now views Imogen’s decision to end their relationship as a ‘gift’.
Speaking at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, which is currently in full swing, James told The Sun: ‘It was a gift in a weird, roundabout way.
‘She called it. She realised it wasn’t working – I’m crazily grateful for the pain she caused me.’
James who was linked to Lily Allen, 40, after they were pictured at the Lido festival on June 14, admitted the split was a ‘massive’ moment in his life because he thought he and Imogen were going to raise a family together.
He said: ‘I got broken up with and it was massive. I thought I was going to have kids. The life I thought I was going to have disappeared at 38.’
The Happy Valley actor previously insisted he hasn’t given up hope of having a family, despite the end of his engagement.
Earlier this summer, Imogen’s ex-fiance James Norton has said he is ‘crazily grateful for the pain’ of their break-up (pictured that same year)
He told The Sunday Times: ‘Getting older is a struggle if you are freaking out about the choices you’ve made, but I don’t carry regret.
‘And, you know, some of the choices recently weren’t mine, yet I don’t feel begrudging. Maybe next year I’ll have a family and a relationship …
‘You have a certain amount of control over your life and choices you make, and at other times you don’t.
‘But if you made those choices or not, it’s a shame to spend time agonising over either.’
And despite his desire to have children, James doesn’t think it would have been ‘fair’ for him to start a family in recent years.
He said: ‘I don’t sit on set where I’m playing a dad and feel sad and broody.
‘I love hanging out with kids – most of my friends have kids so I’m not quite in step with my peers – but the past few years have been the busiest I’ve been, so it would not have been fair to bring a child into that.
‘Also, the inherently unfair benefit of being a man is there is less rush. I am lucky I can have kids later, so now I’m happy, actually, with my life. I feel really excited by the choices I’ve made.’
News of James’ date with Lily came after Lily’s own painful breakup from Stranger Things star David Harbour, 50.
The couple, who tied the knot in 2022, are reported to have split in February after alleged infidelity from David.
