Toast of Tinseltown, now Cressie’s playing a school

During the Oscars season she was in Los Angeles hobnobbing with big-time movie stars. But Cressida Bonas’s next acting assignment is a long way from the glitz and glamour of Hollywood.

Tomorrow night, Prince Harry’s ex returns to the stage in The importance Of Being Earnest in the modest surroundings of the London Oratory, the Catholic comprehensive which counts nick Clegg’s son as a pupil.

The three-night production, in which Cressida plays the female lead Cecily Cardew, is being put on by Band of Others, a London-based theatre group which is raising funds for the Action on Addiction charity (patron Kate Middleton). Cressie has never seemed more relaxed as she posed with fellow cast member Tara Postma.

Her acting career appears to have blossomed since she separated from Harry last year. She’s bagged a bit part in Tulip Fever, the forthcoming Judi Dench movie produced by Harvey Weinstein, who declared her ‘a fantastic actress’. recently, she appeared in a sexy dance video for British designer Mulberry.

in the play it is said of Cressida’s character: ‘ Cecily is not a silly romantic girl, i am glad to say. She has got a capital appetite, goes long walks, and pays no attention at all to her lessons.’