Rina Lipa is prepared for her close-up. The 22-year-old mannequin and dancer, who additionally occurs to be Dua Lipa’s sister, is about to make her appearing debut in a film spinoff of the Charles Dickens novel “Great Expectations,” in accordance to Deadline. A July 7 announcement confirmed the youthful Lipa sister will likely be becoming a member of Samuel Arnold, Callan McAuliffe, Blu Hunt, and Annie Q. Riegel in the modern adaptation titled “Expectations.”
The film is described as a “companion piece” to the basic story, starring McAuliffe as “Great Expectations” character Pip later in life. Rina’s position in the challenge remains to be unclear, but it surely appears like we’ll have extra particulars quickly because the challenge is presently in post-production, and planning for a pageant run in late 2023.
Rina first stepped into the highlight in 2021, when she made her runway debut throughout Milan Fashion Week. In February of that yr, she opened for the GCDS fall 2021 present, as her older sister was her greatest cheerleader on Instagram. Since then, she’s graced the quilt of a number of magazines, attended many a vogue present, and even starred alongside Dua in campaigns for Paco Rabanne and Versace. (Dua just lately collaborated with Donatella Versace herself to launch her personal assortment with the label.)
While Rina’s “Expectations” look might mark her foray into the massive display screen, we’ve got a sense it’s going to be the primary of many.