TALK OF THE TOWN: Belgravia’s £4million star Alice Eve hits the shops sporting a £30 dress

TALK OF THE TOWN: Belgravia’s £4million star Alice Eve hits the shops sporting a £30 dress

She has reportedly amassed an impressive £4.9 million fortune thanks to her work in Hollywood and major TV roles including Susan Trenchard in period drama Belgravia. 

So I was rather surprised to see Alice Eve sporting a £30 dress as she snapped up some essentials at her local stores in London.

Alice looked effortlessly cool by matching her monochrome Topshop mini-dress with Birkenstock Arizona sandals as she popped into Sainsbury’s for a bottle of own-brand bleach, before spotting that other lockdown staple – eggs – at a nearby butcher’s. 

For stars such as Alice, 38, the current situation does have one small benefit – at least she can pop out for supplies knowing that even the most ardent fan won’t dare get closer than two metres away! 

She was out running errands in London during the coronavirus lockdown

English-American actress Alice Eve cuts a fashionable figure in a summery monochrome mini dress while out running errands in London during the coronavirus lockdown

The Belgravia actress peering into a window while going out to run some errands and picking up some essentials from Sainsbury's and her local butchers

The Belgravia actress peering into a window while going out to run some errands and picking up some essentials from Sainsbury’s and her local butchers 

Fans of legendary diva Diana Ross beware: if you approach her unannounced she may well try to crush you – with a garage door. That’s what fashion designer Zandra Rhodes tells me after a rather worrying encounter with the star. 

Dame Zandra says she approached Diana – who she already knew – after seeing the singer getting out of a car at her home in Los Angeles. 

But then ‘this icy cold voice says’, “If you come one step nearer this garage door, I will shut it down on you.” Yes it was Diana Ross.’ 

In her defence, Diana, 76, quickly realised her mistake and arranged a breakfast with Zandra the next day to apologise.

Doctor Foster star Suranne Jones got her first big break playing Karen McDonald in Coronation Street – but she clearly doesn’t do grateful.

The actress, who last graced our screens in BBC costume drama Gentleman Jack, says she’d rather give up acting altogether and become a teacher than return to Corrie.

Doctor Foster star Suranne Jones pictured at the British Academy Television Awards in 2019

Doctor Foster star Suranne Jones pictured at the British Academy Television Awards in 2019

‘I don’t blame a lot of people for taking a break and then going back,’ she says.

‘It’s a steady job, regular income.

‘But I was determined. I felt that if I didn’t make it, I would then go and teach rather than repeat myself back at Corrie.’

Well, that’s another one barred from the Rovers Return!