{"id":209997,"date":"2025-12-09T14:01:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/09\/dua-lipas-sister-rina-lipa-lands-breakthrough-film-role-as-cut-throat-criminal-in-a-gangsters-life\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T14:01:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:01:13","slug":"dua-lipas-sister-rina-lipa-lands-breakthrough-film-role-as-cut-throat-criminal-in-a-gangsters-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/09\/dua-lipas-sister-rina-lipa-lands-breakthrough-film-role-as-cut-throat-criminal-in-a-gangsters-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Dua Lipa&#8217;s sister Rina Lipa lands breakthrough film role as cut-throat criminal in A Gangster&apos;s Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-12-09\" datetime=\"1765288873\" pubdate=\"\">9 December 2025<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Rina Lipa will make her film debut as a cut-throat criminal. <\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Rina Lipa in A Gangster\u2019s Life<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old actress and model, who is the sister of pop star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/dua-lipa\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,dua-lipa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dua Lipa<\/a>, will feature alongside One Day&#8217;s Jonny Weldon and Dune: Part Two star Tony Cook in thrilling British crime movie A Gangster\u2019s Life.<\/p>\n<p>For her silver screen debut in January, Rina will play Scarlett, who lives in a dangerous world of crazed mobsters, murder and betrayal. <\/p>\n<p>Rina will follow in her famous singer and actress sister&#8217;s footsteps in A Gangster\u2019s Life, which will see award-winning cinematographer Zak Fenning make his directorial debut. <\/p>\n<p>The forthcoming film pays homage to great gangster classics including Guy Ritchie\u2019s Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and The Gentlemen.<\/p>\n<p>\nTomi May, Christina Gkioka, Bradley Turner and Sasha Latoya will also feature in the upcoming movie, which is set to arrive on UK digital 19 January, courtesy of Miracle Media.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe film tells the story of low-level scammers Ant (Cook) and Dick (Weldon), who cross vicious London gangster Emery (May). <\/p>\n<p>\nFollowing the life-changing move, the pair of crooks are reluctantly recruited into Emery&#8217;s dark and dangerous world of criminal activity.<\/p>\n<p>\nRina&#8217;s alter-ego Scarlett is one of Emery&#8217;s ruthless crew members, who use Ant and Dick as pawns in their criminal activity. <\/p>\n<p>\nHowever, the pair ended up fleeing to Greece when one of the mob winds up dead. <\/p>\n<p>\nThe Lipas are no strangers to movie roles, as Dua previously appeared as Mermaid Barbie in Greta Gerwig&#8217;s Barbie in 2023. <\/p>\n<p>\nAnd last year, Dua transformed into lethal spy character LaGrange in Matthew Vaughn&#8217;s Argylle, which also featured Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, and Bryan Cranston. <\/p>\n<p>\nA Gangster&#8217;s Life is on digital 19 January from Miracle Media.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/dua-lipas-sister-rina-lipa-lands-breakthrough-film-role-cut-throat-criminal-gangsters-life-1434335.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9 December 2025 Rina Lipa will make her film debut as a cut-throat criminal. 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