A LIFEBOAT volunteer walked the red carpet at the premiere of a Hollywood film about a daring rescue attempt from a sinking ship.

Brighton RNLI volunteer Jade Cohen swapped her lifeboat for the limelight as she shared the spotlight along with the stars at the premiere of The Finest Hours.

She was invited along with Rudi Barman and Craig Burnett. from Scarborough Lifeboat Station, as part of the rescue charity's link with Disney to promote sea safety along with the film.

The 23-year-old combines her volunteering in Brighton with her role as manager at Brighton Swimming Centre in Eastern Road.

Ms Cohen said: "It was great to see such strong parallels between the bravery, selflessness and community spirit shown by the characters in the film which is mirrored by RNLI lifeboat crew all around the UK and Ireland.’

"It is not unusual for me to be woken up by my pager on a normal week night, so an evening of glitz and glamour was a nice change.

"On the morning of the screening I had been on an emergency launch but luckily still had time to get up to London and walk out on to the red carpet with Holliday."

She added she thought the film was "amazing".

RNLI’s film Breathe, part of their Respect the Water campaign, was trailered prior to the film, highlighting the importance of staying safe in waters around the country.

The crewmen shared the red carpet with one of the film's stars - British actress Holliday Granger - at the glamorous showing on Tuesday at the Ham Yard Hotel in London

Grainger, known for playing Cinderella last year, and her role in TV show The Borgias, stars alongside Chris Pine, who played Captain Kirk in the Star Trek reboot, and Casey Affleck, the younger brother of Ben Affleck and star of Gone Baby Gone, and Eric Bana, known for Munich and The Hulk.

The film tells the true story of the heroic rescue mission of the SS Pendleton, a tanker which broke in two in a gale in 1952, by the US Coast Guard.

The RNLI has been operating since 1824 and shares expertise, advice and training knowledge with their equivalents in America.

This year the charity's rescue teams launched 8,228 times rescuing 7,973 people and saved 348 lives.

The Finest Hours will hit cinema screens on February 19.