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 “Nice Expectations,” in line with Deadline. A July 7 announcement confirmed the youthful Lipa sister can be becoming a member of Samuel Arnold, Callan McAuliffe, Blu Hunt, and Annie Q. Riegel within the modern adaptation titled “Expectations.”

The film is described as a “companion piece” to the basic story, starring McAuliffe as “Nice Expectations” character Pip later in life. Rina’s position within the undertaking remains to be unclear, however it feels like we’ll have extra particulars quickly because the undertaking is at the moment in post-production, and planning for a competition run in late 2023.

Rina first stepped into the highlight in 2021, when she made her runway debut throughout Milan Trend Week. In February of that 12 months, she opened for the GCDS fall 2021 present, as her older sister was her largest cheerleader on Instagram. Since then, she’s graced the cowl of a number of magazines, attended many a trend 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.)

Whereas Rina’s “Expectations” look could mark her foray into the large display screen, we’ve got a sense it will be the primary of many.