Gillian Anderson, 56, dazzles in a slinky black dress at the premiere of new movie The Salt Path

Gillian Anderson dazzled in a slinky black dress as the premiere of The Salt Path on Thursday.

The actress,56,stars as Raynor Winn in the new biopic of the long-distance walker and looked while walking the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada.

The former X-Files star opted for a glittering ankle-length number complete with straps and styled out the whole look with a pair of matching sandals.

Gillian opted for a natural look in terms of makeup and let her tousled blonde locks fall down her back away from her face.

At one point,the actress spun around to show off her incredible figure and was in good spirits as she looked over her shoulder.

The film tells the profound true story of Raynor and her husband Moth,who decided to make a 630-mile trek along the Cornish,Devon and Dorset coastline

Her novel The Salt Path was published in 2018 and soon skyrocketed to the top of the bestseller lists and sold more than 1.5 million copies.

It would go on to be shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards and the Wainwright Prize,and won the inaugural RSL Christopher Bland Prize.

Writing for The Mail On Sunday earlier this year,Raynor said their journey on The Salt Path had left them feeling more connected to nature.

She added: 'And somehow,without us noticing,the anguish and despair had gone too,left behind on the many headlands we’d crossed. 

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