Major Netflix star who left Hollywood to fight 'climate war' in Australia unrecognisable at the Melbourne International Film Festival's opening night red carpet READ MORE: Ten little-known Netflix shows to add to your watch list By Matt Demarco For Daily Mail Australia Published: 21:41 EDT, 8 August 2024 | Updated: 21:41 EDT, 8 August 2024 e-mail View comments An Australian Orange Is the New Black star looked unrecognisable as she attended Melbourne International Festival's opening night gala on Thursday. Yael Stone , who played prisoner Lorna Morello on the hit Netflix show, stunned as she walked the red carpet in an elaborate gown. The pink and grey silk dress flowed about her as she arrived, with floral patterned details on the bust and the sleeves turning heads.
In contrast to her dark hair and ruby red lipstick on the women's prison drama, Yael went for a more natural makeup look and coloured her hair a brighter shade of red. Stone famously turned her back on Hollywood in 2020 for 'ethical' reasons. In response to the 2019-2020 bushfire season in Australia, the actress gave up her United States green card to return Down Under permanently in order to fight a 'climate war.
' In 2020, Stone said she came to the decision to give up her life in the United States 'after a long, considered process'. 'We've come to understand that it's unethical for us to set up a life in two countries, knowing what we know,' Stone said in a video posted to social media at the time, describing th.