Joan Collins reunites with Elizabeth Hurley on red carpet

Wed, 03 Jun, 2026 - 06:43

By Lauren Del Fabbro, Press Association Entertainment Reporter

Joan Collins has reunited with The Royals co-star Elizabeth Hurley on the red carpet for her upcoming whodunnit.

The 93-year-old, best known for playing Alexis Carrington in the 1980s US soap Dynasty, stars in the upcoming film A Murder Between Friends.

The two played mother and daughter in the US soap opera The Royals which followed a fictional British royal family headed by Queen Helena (Hurley).

Elizabeth Hurley, Dame Joan Collins and Damian Hurley — Elizabeth Hurley, Joan Collins and Damian Hurley at the Murder Between Friends UK premiere in central London (Ian West/PA)

The E! drama ran for ran for four series and aired from 2015 until 2018.

Wearing a black mid-length dress featuring a gold embellishment around the collar, Collins smiled for photographs alongside Hurley on the red carpet for the film’s UK premiere.

Hurley wore an orange bodycon maxi dress paired with a gold clutch and sunglasses.

The two also posed for photographs with Hurley’s son, Damian Hurley, who wore a light green suit.

Collins stars in the whodunnit alongside EastEnders actor Toby-Alexander Smith and Days Of Our Lives’ Nadia Bjorlin along with its two co-directors, General Hospital star Jacob Young and US actor Trent Garrett.

Jim Borstelmann, Jacob Young, Nadia Bjorlin, Mark Rozzano, Dame Joan Collins, Hana Vagnerova, Espen Hatleskog, India Thain, and Toby-Alexander Smith — Jim Borstelmann, Jacob Young, Nadia Bjorlin, Mark Rozzano, Joan Collins, Hana Vagnerova, Espen Hatleskog, India Thain, and Toby-Alexander Smith at the premiere (Ian West/PA)

The film follows a true-crime TV star (Collins) as she gets tasked with solving a murder mystery at her country estate.

Collins will soon also star in the biopic My Duchess, portraying the woman for whom Edward VIII gave up his throne to marry, causing a constitutional crisis, American socialite Wallis Simpson.