Diminutive Waterloo Road star Roxanne Pallett creates optical illusion in her very leggy dress at Magic Mike premiere

By Emily Sheridan

In Waterloo Road, youthful actress Roxanne Pallett plays troubled student Shelby Dixon.
But as she attended the London première of Magic Mike last night, the former Emmerdale star looked a world away from her on-screen persona in a very sexy dress.
The diminutive actress, 29, showed off a lot of leg in a racy asymmetrical dress as she attended the London screening of the stripper movie at the May Fair Hotel. 
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Lady in red: Waterloo Road star Roxanne Pallett shows off some leg in a racy red asymmetrical dress at the London premeire of Magic Mike

Looking leggy: The former Emmerdale star shows off plenty of leg in the sexy split

Although she's only 5ft 1, the gown's daring thigh-high split made the actress appear a lot taller.
The dress was a Merabi by Nadine creation, which she teamed with a pair of transparent Christian Louboutin heels.

 

Roxanne was one of a host of stars who turned up to the May Fair for the screening, including Magic Mike's leading men Matthew McConaughey and Channing Tatum.

Well heeled: Roxanne looked understandably nervous leaving her hotel as the wind whipped her dress away from her legs

Being famous as abused housewife Jo Sugden in Emmerdale and alcoholic teen Shelby in Waterloo Road, Roxanne is associated with gloomy roles.
But the actress admitted she would love to take on a more comedic role in the future.
She said: 'My ultimate dream would be to be in something like Girl, Interrupted when Angelina Jolie, Winona Ryder and Brittany Murphy were in that mental institution.
'I would love to, at some point in my career, play a character like one of those because they're such tortured souls. Playing a character that's hit rock bottom and is at their most broken state would be so interesting.

Eeek: Roxanne grabs her dress as she tries to avoid a wardrobe malfunction

'Playing someone so far removed from yourself, playing you at your utter most worst, utter most fragile, utter most vulnerable. I love that. It's like an experiment with your soul, pushing yourself to the point where you've seen versions of yourself that could've happened if your life had taken a different turn.'
Meanwhile, the actress took place in last weekend's Race Of Life in Bolton.
Joined my her mum and auntie, they ran 5K in memory of her late grandmother, who died of cancer in 1999.

Last minute adjustment: The dress's designer Nadine Merabi fiddles with the gown before they get a taxi to the premier

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