Lashana Lynch is a directional dresser – an actor who, her former red-carpet collaborator Marco Capaldo says, “enjoys clothes and uses them as a tool to express her creativity.” But for the New York premiere of The Day of the Jackal (yours to binge on Sky come November 7), Lynch wanted something a little more personal than the rambunctious Roksanda ruffles or the gunmetal Bond-girl Dolce sequins she’s made a splash in before. To announce her pregnancy (a surprise for her co-star Eddie Redmayne, too!), the 36-year-old Londoner looked to Ottolinger for a dress that, says Lynch, made her feel exactly like herself.