A former Parliament Hill schoolgirl is to star alongside Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in an upcoming Barbie film.

Pop sensation Dua Lipa has been cast as a mermaid Barbie in the Warner Bros Pictures' Barbie The Movie.

The 27-year-old attended Fitzjohn’s Primary School, in Hampstead, and Parliament Hill secondary school, in Highgate Hill, before being elevated to stardom with hits including Levitating.

A new trailer for the film opens on the beach in Barbie Land as Robbie, dressed in a pink gingham dress and matching hat, greets her fellow Barbies and Kens.

The Beach Boys’ song Fun, Fun, Fun plays in the background as the dolls throw vibrant parties as well as the Ken dolls getting into a heated argument where they threaten to “beach” each other.

La La Land actor Gosling is heard asking Robbie’s Barbie: “I thought I might stay over tonight.”

She replies with a smile asking “Why?” to which he says “Because we’re boyfriend and girlfriend” before Barbie asks “To do what?”

Responding after a brief period of silence, Ken admits: “I’m actually not sure.”

Elsewhere, Barbie can be seen driving her pink convertible car past a sign that says “Real World this way”.

The film, from Oscar-nominated actress and director Greta Gerwig, will be narrated by Dame Helen Mirren and will also see Doctor Who actor Ncuti Gatwa take on the role of guitar-playing Ken and Bridgerton’s Nicola Coughlan as a diplomat Barbie.

Human characters will be played by Ugly Betty actress America Ferrera, Elf actor Will Ferrell, Stath Lets Flats star Jamie Demetriou and Sex Education’s Connor Swindells.

The film is set for release on July 21 and a trailer released in December opened with a parody of classic science-fiction epic 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Gerwig co-wrote the script with her husband, the filmmaker director Noah Baumbach, who directed 2005’s The Squid And The Whale and 2019’s Marriage Story.

The 39-year-old was nominated for the best director and best original screenplay at the Academy Awards for 2017 coming-of-age drama Lady Bird and scored a nod for best adapted screenplay with 2019’s Little Women.

The film is a joint project between Warner Bros and Barbie manufacturer Mattel.

The brand, which was launched in 1959, has previously seen animated adaptations including Barbie In The Nutcracker, Barbie As Rapunzel and Barbie Of Swan Lake.