Marisa Abela was the epitome of chic as she attended The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in New York wearing a plunging black dress on Thursday.
The actress, 27, who starred as Amy Winehouse in the Back To Black biopic, cut a glamorous figure in a long-sleeved dress that featured a very low-cut arty neckline.
She paired her figure-hugging garment with a pair of Diamond Talura 100 Jimmy Choo stilettos worth £850.
To accessorise, the brunette beauty wore black-tinted square sunglasses and a small black leather Balmain handbag.
Marisa has shot fame in recent weeks after she starred as singer Amy – who tragically died from alcohol poisoning aged just 27 in 2011 – while actor Jack, 33, plays her widower Blake Fielder-Civil.
Back To Black star Marisa Abela was the epitome of chic as she attended The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in New York wearing a plunging black dress on Thursday
The actress, 27, who starred as Amy Winehouse in the biopic (pictured in the role), has shot fame in recent weeks after the new movie was released
While Amy’s family publicly supported the actress’s depiction of the Rehab singer, some of the singer’s pals shared their disappointment with the new movie, (Amy, pictured)
But while Marisa’s acting has been well-received, she still found herself in the centre of controversy as the movie was slammed by the singer’s closest friends.
While Amy’s family publicly supported the actress’s depiction of the Rehab singer, some of the singer’s shared their disappointment with the new movie.
The film was endorsed by Amy’s father Mitch Winehouse (played by Eddie Marsan) and this drew outrage from her pals.
They slammed it for its ‘ghoulish’ depictions of her drug addiction and also filming her funeral.
Blake, who was wed to the singer between 2007 and 2009, previously admitted introducing her to heroin.
He is seen by many of her fans as partly responsible for her death from alcohol poisoning.
In the trailer, Amy declared she wants to be known for more than her singing and her desperation to be a mother.
In one emotional scene, she describes Blake as ‘her life and soul’ before their on/off relationship, which inspires her to write the iconic track Back To Black.
Marisa cut a glamorous figure in a long-sleeved dress that featured a very low-cut arty neckline
To accessorise, the brunette beauty wore black-tinted square sunglasses and a small black leather Balmain handbag
For the outing, Marisa opted for a full glam makeup look and a rouge lip
She cut a classy figure as she also wore her long brunette tresses in love loose curls
Last year Blake said he’d have done ‘almost everything differently’ in their relationship as he marked what would have been Amy’s 40th birthday.
Blake, who rarely gives interviews, was asked by Good Morning Britain hosts Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard what he would have done differently. He replied: ‘Almost everything’.
He continued: ‘It’s sad but I wanted to say happy birthday to Amy. It’s devastating she’s not here. I think about her all the time, I thought about her this morning when I said my happy birthday to her, she was my best friend.
‘If it wasn’t for certain factors I think it could have been a different outcome. Everything happened very quickly for Amy. We were young.’
The biopic has drawn outrage from pals, with musician Neon Hitch, branding the film ‘ridiculous’ and ‘tasteless’, saying: ‘I feel very strange. Can you please all let Amy rest?’
Friends voiced their fury with her father, after he allowed ghoulish scenes of Amy’s drugs overdose to be filmed at her old flat.
Last February, Marisa was seen with an oxygen mask as she left the property in north London.
The flat is now owned by Mitch, who also features in the scene, as Eddie was seen filming alongside Marisa and other actors playing paramedics.
At the time, Amy’s friends were devastated that her father had given his permission for the flat in Camden to be used to recreate one of his daughter’s darkest moments, which took place in August 2008.
It followed a 36-hour marathon drug-taking session, which ended with her checking in to the £10k-a-week Causeway Retreat rehabilitation centre on Osea Island, Essex.
One told The Mail on Sunday: ‘The fact that Amy’s father has said OK to a scene where she had an overdose in the flat she lived in is disgusting. It was such a personal thing and it’s so upsetting and not needed…
‘It’s like the film is reliving all the darkest moments in her life, when there were so many more amazing moments. All we’re seeing is the depressing stuff, but that’s not who she was. Mitch should be ashamed.
‘His behaviour is shocking. He didn’t know what went on or what she was like with us all during those years. Amy would really hate that they’re focusing on all the dark stuff that she went through.’
But despite her dedication to the portrayal of Amy, Marisa has found herself in the centre of controversy as the movie was slammed by the singer’s closest friends
They slammed it for its ‘ghoulish’ depictions of her drug addiction and also filming her funeral
Amy lived at the flat until 2010, when she bought a four-storey house nearby, where she was found dead the following year.
It was later confirmed she died of alcohol poisoning.
The biopic has been teased for several years after Amy’s estate signed a deal to make a biopic about her life and career in 2018.
However, the film has attracted significant controversy prior to its release with many accusing the project of ‘exploiting the singer’s legacy’ and ‘capitalising off her trauma’.
Fans have taken to social media to protest the movie and have said they will boycott it because they believe that people should ‘let her rest’
