Simone Ashley looks effortlessly chic as she flashes her abs in a triangle bra and white satin co-ord on arrival for Cannes Film Festival

Simone Ashley looked effortlessly chic in a white satin co-ord as she arrived for the 78th Cannes Film Festival.
The Bridgerton star, 30, touched down in the south of France on Thursday for the iconic film festival.
She looked radiant as she arrived at Hotel Martinez on day 10 of the festival, sporting a cut two-piece.
Simone sported a cropped waistcoat with a matching skater skirt, as well as a triangle bra underneath as she flashed her abs.
She accessorised with a £3,300 Opaline Prada Galleria handbag, a pair of light blue flip flop kitten heels and red sunglasses.
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This year's Cannes Film Festival is taking place in the wake of Trump´s vow to enact tariffs on international films.
Cannes, where filmmakers, sales agents and journalists gather from around the world, is the Olympics of the big screen, with its own golden prize, the Palme d´Or, to give out at the end.
Filmmakers come from nearly every corner of the globe to showcase their films while dealmakers work through the night to sell finished films or packaged productions to various territories.
'You release a film into that Colosseum-like situation,' says Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho, who´s returning to Cannes with 'The Secret Agent, a thriller set during Brazil ´s dictatorship.
'You've got to really prepare for the whole experience because it´s quite intense - not very far from the feeling of approaching a roller coaster as you go up the steps at the Palais.'
Trump sent shock waves through Hollywood and the international film community when he announced on May 4 that all movies ' produced in Foreign Lands ' will face 100 percent tariffs.
The White House has said no final decisions have been made. Options being explored include federal incentives for U.S.-based productions, rather than tariffs. But the announcement was a reminder of how international tensions can destabilize even the oldest cultural institutions.
The Cannes Film Festival originally emerged in the World War II years, when the rise of fascism in Italy led to the founding of an alternative to the then-government controlled Venice Film Festival.
In the time since, Cannes´ resolute commitment to cinema has made it a beacon to filmmakers. Countless directors have come to make their name.
This year is no different, though some of the first-time filmmakers at Cannes are already particularly well-known.
Kristen Stewart (The Chronology of Water), Scarlett Johansson (Eleanor the Great) and Harris Dickinson (Urchin) have all unveiled their feature directorial debuts in Cannes´ Un Certain Regard sidebar section.
Many Cannes veterans have returned, including Tom Cruise (Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning), Robert De Niro - who received an honorary Palme d´Or 49 years after Taxi Driver premiered in Cannes - and Quentin Tarantino, who paid tribute to low-budget Western director George Sherman.
Simone's Cannes appearance comes after she declared earlier this year that she's in her 'single era' after revealing she had split from her boyfriend of three years - Constantin 'Tino' Klein, the boss of a company that organises ice races in Austria.
And it appears the actress is channelling her struggles into music for her forthcoming debut pop album.
She recently said: 'Sometimes I feel a song is storytelling and sometimes songs that were maybe written from a place of heartbreak end up being a dance cry banger.
'One of my songs has been influenced by heartbreak. There was one song that was written from a place of heartbreak.
'It was a really grey weekend when I was writing it, then when we went to the studio, the sun came out and I had a few months of distance from the song and it turned into something really positive.'

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