Lily Cole all modelled out

Lily Cole is fed up of modelling.

The 21-year-old beauty wants to veer away from the fashion and beauty industry and instead plans to spend the rest of her working days focusing on her acting career.

She said: "I'd like to act and not really model so much. I wouldn't want to treat acting as a convenient thing to do now and again. I've been doing modelling for years and I feel like I've taken out of it what I need to and I'm ready for new things."

The British starlet appeared in two movies, 'St. Trinian's' and 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' recently, and is currently working on a further two projects - 'Phantasmagoria: The Visions Of Lewis Carroll' and 'There Be Dragons'.

Lily also signed up as the face of Rimmel cosmetics in 2008 - a position previously held by style icon Kate Moss.

Despite her success on the catwalk, the leggy starlet says she prefers the "process" of working on the big screen.

She added to website MailOnline: "I've really enjoyed the process of acting and I'd be more inclined to dedicate my time to that."