<p class="bodytext">Hollywood star Jodie Turner-Smith has fallen victim to the curse of Cannes -- the jewellery thieves who regularly haunt the world's biggest film festival.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The British-born actress wore eye-catching Gucci gold and diamond jewellery to the red carpet premiere of her latest film "After Yang" on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The next morning her suite at the Marriott hotel in the Riviera resort was broken into while she was having breakfast with her one-year-old daughter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police told AFP on Monday that they were investigating a theft of jewellery from the hotel but it was unclear whether the jewellery was Gucci's -- loaned for the premiere -- or the actress's own.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The star of "Queen & Slim" and the series "Nightflyers" and "The Last Ship" made no mention of her loss when she gave a "Women in Motion" talk at the festival Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But she tweeted later: "I didn't think I would be spending 2.5 hours in the police station on my final day in Cannes, but here we are."</p>.<p class="bodytext">It was the 34-year-old's first time at the festival.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Cannes have become a notorious hunting ground for international cat burglars with a member of the infamous Pink Panthers gang suspected of taking gems worth 103 million euros ($130 million) from the Carlton hotel in 2013.</p>.<p class="bodytext">That same year a 1.6-million euro Chopard necklace was stolen at the film festival and gems worth only slightly less also went missing.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Embarrassed police were found wanting again in 2015 when only a few days before the festival began 17.5 million euros worth of jewellery was taken from the Cartier shop on the Croisette.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Luxury brands often lend their choice pieces to stars to walk the red carpet at Cannes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police said the jewellery taken from Turner-Smith's room was not worth the tens of thousands of euros initially thought.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There was reportedly no sign of forced entry to her room.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The film industry bible Variety said one of the items taken was Turner-Smith's mother's wedding ring.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Hollywood star Jodie Turner-Smith has fallen victim to the curse of Cannes -- the jewellery thieves who regularly haunt the world's biggest film festival.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The British-born actress wore eye-catching Gucci gold and diamond jewellery to the red carpet premiere of her latest film "After Yang" on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The next morning her suite at the Marriott hotel in the Riviera resort was broken into while she was having breakfast with her one-year-old daughter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police told AFP on Monday that they were investigating a theft of jewellery from the hotel but it was unclear whether the jewellery was Gucci's -- loaned for the premiere -- or the actress's own.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The star of "Queen & Slim" and the series "Nightflyers" and "The Last Ship" made no mention of her loss when she gave a "Women in Motion" talk at the festival Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But she tweeted later: "I didn't think I would be spending 2.5 hours in the police station on my final day in Cannes, but here we are."</p>.<p class="bodytext">It was the 34-year-old's first time at the festival.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Cannes have become a notorious hunting ground for international cat burglars with a member of the infamous Pink Panthers gang suspected of taking gems worth 103 million euros ($130 million) from the Carlton hotel in 2013.</p>.<p class="bodytext">That same year a 1.6-million euro Chopard necklace was stolen at the film festival and gems worth only slightly less also went missing.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Embarrassed police were found wanting again in 2015 when only a few days before the festival began 17.5 million euros worth of jewellery was taken from the Cartier shop on the Croisette.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Luxury brands often lend their choice pieces to stars to walk the red carpet at Cannes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police said the jewellery taken from Turner-Smith's room was not worth the tens of thousands of euros initially thought.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There was reportedly no sign of forced entry to her room.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The film industry bible Variety said one of the items taken was Turner-Smith's mother's wedding ring.</p>