Amy Winehouse actress Marisa Abela swaps her elegant black gown for a red velvet mini as she joins the singer’s parents Janis and Mitch at the Back To Black premiere afterparty

Marisa Abela led the arrivals at the premiere of the Amy Winehouse biopic Back To Black on Monday evening, along with the singer’s parents, Mitch and Janis.

The 27-year-old actress, who plays the late star, shed her elegant red carpet dress and wore a velvet mini dress as she arrived at 100 Wardour Street in London’s Soho.

Marisa’s chic pair had flashy buttons and puff sleeves, which she paired with black tights and chunky platform heels.

Her glossy raven locks were styled in a voluminous, teased style, but the look was still a far cry from Amy’s signature sky-high beehive.

Marisa opted for subtle glamorous makeup with a smokey eye and accessorized with a new-style heart-shaped bag in red velvet.

Earlier in the evening, she wore a black halter-neck floor-length dress with a fishtail train that floated across the floor as she posed for waiting photographers.

Marisa arrived with her co-star Jack O’Connell, 33, who plays Amy’s widower Blake Fielder-Civil.

Blake, who was married to the singer between 2007 and 2009, previously admitted introducing her to heroin and is seen by many of her fans as partly responsible for her death from alcohol poisoning.

After the screening, Marisa and Jack joined Amy’s parents, Mitch and Janis, to celebrate the upcoming release.

Mitch-endorsed Back To Black has sparked outrage from the singer’s friends, who slammed it for its “grisly” depictions of the star’s drug addiction and also the filming of her funeral.

The controversial film tells it lives their talented daughter, who tragic Died of alcohol poisoning, only 27 years old in 2011.

The couple, who also share son Alex and divorced in 1993 when Amy was nine, presented a united front and were all smiles throughout the evening.

Mitch, 73, who is played by Eddie Marsan in the film, looked dapper in a smart black suit which he wore with a white shirt and tie.

Meanwhile, Janis, 69, who has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, looked stunning in a floral dress as she walked to the party with the help of a frame.

Janis is played on the big screen by Juliet Cowan.

In the trailer, Amy declares that she wants to be known for more than her singing and her desperation to become a mother, before sadly dying childless.

In an emotional scene she describes Blake as ‘her life and soul’ before their on/off relationship inspires her to write the iconic song Back To Black.

Last year, Blake said he would have done “almost everything differently” in their relationship as he marked Amy’s 40th birthday.

Blake, who rarely gives interviews, was asked by Good Morning Britain presenters Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard what he would have done differently. He replied, “Almost everything.”

He continued, “It’s sad, but I wanted to wish Amy a happy birthday. It’s terrible that she’s not here. I think about her all the time, I thought about her this morning when I said happy birthday to her, she was my best friend.

“If certain factors hadn’t been there, I think it could have been a different outcome. For Amy, everything happened very quickly. We were young.’

It comes after Amy’s father Mitch Winehouse, who is played in the film by Eddie Marsan, caused shockwaves when it was revealed he approved of the film, which has come under fire for ‘grisly’ depictions of the star’s drug addiction and also the filming her funeral. .

The star’s biopic has sparked outrage among friends, with musician Neon Hitch calling the film ‘ridiculous’ and ‘tasteless’ and saying: ‘I feel very strange. Can you please let Amy rest?’

Friends expressed their anger at her father after he allowed grisly scenes of Amy’s drug overdose to be filmed in her old flat. Last February, Marisa was seen wearing an oxygen mask as she left the property in North London.