
Helen Flanagan puts on a busty display in a plunging white dress as she shares snaps from glamorous Cannes trip during the Film Festival
Helen Flanagan put on a busty display in a plunging white dress during her recent trip to Cannes during the Film Festival.
The actress, 34, has recently returned from the sunny location, where she mixed with Hollywood's elite alongside her fellow soap actress Michelle Keegan.
In one stunning snap from the trip, which Helen shared to Instagram on Tuesday in her 'May Dump', she posed in a white bikini top, with a cover up over the top.
In another very glamorous image, Helen showed off her incredible figure in a green skin-tight gown.
She also shared sweet photos and videos playing with her kids in the park after returning home.
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Elsewhere, Helen was pictured strutting into the iconic Hotel Martinez on the French Riviera, where prices for a room during the festival begin from £2,000 per night for a Deluxe King Room and range up to £5,000 for a suite.
It was not known where Helen stayed during her time at Cannes. MailOnline contacted her representatives for comment.
Cannes is where filmmakers, sales agents and journalists gather from around the world, and is the Olympics of the big screen, with its own golden prize, the Palme d'Or, given out at the end.
The festival, which was attended by A-listers including Emma Stone, Sophie Turner and Cate Blanchett, wrapped up with the closing ceremony on Sunday night.
Helen returned to her 'Northern girl' roots after jetting back from the star-studded Festival.
She shared a photograph of herself with her hair rollers in as she tucked into a tasty wrap while enjoying a visit to a café.
The Coronation Street star cut a stylish figure in a bright pink jumper and penned that she is a 'Northern girl' in a caption alongside the snap.
She also posted a photograph of herself beaming alongside Bridgerton actress Ruby Barker, who played Marina on the Netflix show.
The actress recently announced that she has been forced to put her 'forever home' up for sale as she can no longer afford its upkeep.
This followed her pleas to magistrates when she appeared on speeding charges earlier this year that she is a 'single mum' who struggles to scrape together cash for a £10 taxi fare.
The actress's company, HJF Darling Ltd, published last year's accounts up to August where the total came to £135,387, leaving a balance of £75,615 after tax.
Speaking candidly to The Declutter Hub podcast about her living situation in April, Helen explained: 'It actually makes me sad that I'm going to be leaving soon because I actually put so much effort into it.
'When we moved I put like a lot of my savings into doing the house up and making it look really beautiful.
'But it's a big house. It's an eight-bedroom house, which is obviously really hard to keep on top of.'
The 'newly-single' star recently confirmed her boyfriend Robbie Talbot had moved out of the home she shares with her three children, previously claimed her finances were so dire that she was struggling to afford the price of public transport.
The actress is understood to be single after breaking off her relationship with Robbie, 45, just over a year after the pair went public.
She shares three children Matilda, nine, Delilah, six, and Charlie, four, with her footballer ex Scott Sinclair.
Helen had previously hinted at wanting more children with the former non-league footballer, but is said to have had a change of heart over over recent months.
A source told The Sun: 'They want different things in life. She has just landed a new acting job and is trying to juggle work projects with the kids.
'She sat him down two weeks ago and said, ''This isn't working''... She just wants to be on her own for a while although she still has feelings for him.'
In April, Helen admitted she is no longer living with Robbie after he briefly moved into her home, sharing at the time it wasn't helpful for her children who 'miss' their dad.
The actress and her ex-fiancé Scott Sinclair, 36, separated in 2022 after 13 years together.
She told The Sun: 'I'd asked him to stay for a while, because I often get quite scared in the house on my own and feel safer with a man there.
'But Matilda is very sensitive and a proper daddy's girl, and she struggles with not seeing Scott as often as she'd like.
'I always think about how she feels when she misses her dad, and having my boyfriend there maybe doesn't help her.'
Speaking on The Mail's The Life of Bryony podcast in March, Helen praised Robbie and the positive impact he'd had on her mental and emotional wellbeing.
She said: 'He's lovely. Everybody loves him. I just met him at a bar. I literally, I just, I could not stop laughing at this guy.'
'My boyfriend's actually the funniest guy I've ever met. He's got two kids and he's, he's really beautiful with my children.'
'I think that's what made me fall more in love with him because he's so good with my mental health things and that's the main thing for me that I need.'
She added: 'I need someone that's good for me mentally and emotionally, that's my top thing and that's what I've realised.'
'No disrespect to the father of my children, I'll always have that love for him, but he didn't know how to cope with me or didn't know how to do that, and not everybody does, but because the man that I'm with now really knows how to do that, it makes me happy.'
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