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Downton's Laura Carmichael puts on a leggy display in colourful layered dress at Burn Burn Burn screening

Published: 16:07 EST, 15 October 2015 | Updated: 05:07 EST, 16 October 2015

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Laura Carmichael might be best known for her role as Lady Edith Crawley in the TV period drama series Downton Abbey - but that's all about to change.

The actress, 29, walked the red carpet on Thursday night at the BFI London Film Festival screening of new independent movie, Burn Burn Burn.

Wearing a black layered mini dress which had colourful trims running throughout, the British star put on a very leggy display for the occasion.

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Worlds apart: Downton actress Laura Carmichael walked the red carpet on Thursday night at the BFI London Film Festival screening of new independent movie, Burn Burn Burn

She strutted her stuff in a very sexy pair of black strappy heels as she posed confidently with one hand on her hip.

Laura plays the lead role of Seph in the comic film, which was released on the same day as the screening.

Following the death of their friend, two girls in their late twenties embark on a road trip in a battered old Volvo to spread his ashes.

Somewhere over the rainbow: Wearing a black layered mini dress which had colourful trims running throughout, the British star put on a very leggy display for the occasion

Working it: She strutted her stuff in a very sexy pair of black strappy heels as she posed confidently with one hand on her hip

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Telling a story: Following the death of their friend, two girls in their late twenties embark on a road trip in a battered old Volvo to spread his ashes

Seph and Alex take turns driving. Dan is in the glove compartment, in tupperware, decreasing in volume as the trip progresses.

She told the Evening Standard that the slept in budget hotels and ate in service stations while filming the movie.

'It’s not like I set out to completely change my image,' she told the paper. 'It was really about stretching another muscle.

Iconic: Laura Carmichael might be best known for her role as Lady Edith Crawley (right) in the TV period drama series Downton Abbey - but that's all about to change

'I’d played a tragic character in a period drama and this was a chance to do a comedy with a very contemporary, very modern character. Someone who felt like friends of mine.'

It's set to be a busy time for Laura, despite the final episode of Downton being aired on Christmas Day.

She's currently filming another movie, A United Kingdom, about Prince Seretse Khama of Botswana, who causes a stir when he marries a white woman from London in the 1940s.

All-stars: (L-R) Chloe Pirrie, Laura Carmichael, Chanya Button and Jack Farthing

No diva: Laura told the Evening Standard that the slept in budget hotels and ate in service stations while filming the movie

She said: 'It’s not like I set out to completely change my image,' she told the paper. 'It was really about stretching another muscle'

Living it up! After the movie premiere the stars headed to the glamorous after-party to continue the festivities - including Laura and Gemma Arterton's sister Hannah

After the movie premiere the stars headed to the glamorous after-party to continue the festivities.

The glamorous soiree was held at the Mondrian London - an ultra glamorous hotel inspired by the 1920s which runs adjacent to the River Thames.

All the big stars of the movie headed to the location to live it up after they had attended the screening.