Cara Delevingne has been showing off some serious acting skills – and proving that she’s more than just a pretty face – in a new trailer from The Face of an Angel.

The model’s major big-screen debut focuses on the trial of Amanda Knox, who was accused of sexually assaulting and killing British student Meredith Kercher.

[related]Knox and her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were convicted of the crime. Knox served four years before being acquitted. However, she was found guilty once again in a retrial.

Running at nearly two-minutes long, the first official trailer from the Michael Winterbottom film was released yesterday (Thursday 5 March).

Kate Beckinsale and Daniel Brühl also star in the gritty psychological thriller, which is inspired by Barbie Latza Nadeau's book Angel Face: Sex, Murder and the Inside Story of Amanda Knox.

Delevingne, 22, plays a British student called Melanie who forges a friendship with a filmmaker (Brühl) who has travelled to Italy to research a film adaptation of the book.

The Face of an Angel will be released in the UK on 27 March.