Chelsea basks in the glory

ONE of the young stars of a new Aussie film showed it off to her family and friends at a special screening at Hoyts Warringah Mall on Tuesday night.

Peninsula actress Chelsea Bennett, 13, had a major supporting role in the new Australian comedy, Mental, which stars Toni Collette, Rebecca Gibney, and Anthony LaPaglia.

She plays one of LaPaglia's tearaway teenage daughters who are looked after by a nanny (Collette) when their mother (Gibney) is committed to a psychiatric hospital.

"It really was an amazing feeling."

Chelsea has seen the film several times but never tires of it.

"I like watching it over and over," she said.

"I get to see how I and the other girls act, and to hear people's reactions. People were just cacking themselves at this screening."

MENTAL

-Rated: MA15+

-Director: PJ Hogan

-Opens nationally October 4