text: She was catapulted into the limelight thanks to her relationship with Prince Harry. But now, as her acting career looks set to take off, Cressida Bonas says she is more than happy being single. ‘I’m a strong, independent woman,’ she says in a new interview to promote her role as Mulberry’s new muse. Scroll down for videos . Cressida Bonas, 26, (pictured) says she is more than happy being single following her split from Prince Harry . Mulberry buttercup dress delphinium broderie anglaise . Shop it in blue here . Buy now . To the Golden Globes party last year, Cressida rocked this black Mulberry dress, just days after she worked the exact same pick in white at the BAFTAs. While the dresses weren't so suitable for the red-carpet dos mid-winter, we are loving them for the upcoming spring season teamed with gladiator flats or wedged sandals come night time. And it's no wonder Cressida was wearing so much Mulberry after being named the new face of the brand. Sadly the black number isn't available to buy, but if you click right, you can bag the dress in blue or white on Mulberry's website (if they have your size left). If you're out of luck and you're more of a little black dress lady like Cressida, see our fab halterneck options below to step into spring for a snip of the price. A.B.S. by Allen Schwartz Black Cutout Halter Dress (now on sale for $99.99!) at Bluefly . Buy now . MICHAEL Michael Kors Metal Neck Halter Dress at Zappos . Buy now . Diane von Furstenberg Amelia Lace Halter Dress (now on sale for $199.20!) at Saks Fifth Avenue . Buy now . Isa Arfen Guipure Long Halter Dress at Moda Operandi . Buy now . It is thought the pressures of becoming part of the Royal Family put a strain on Miss Bonas's relationship with Prince Harry (above). She has long dreamed of becoming an actress and wanted to pursue her career freely . ‘I think as you get older, you find out more and more about yourself and what you like and what you don’t like,’ she adds. The interview follows the release of a short film last month for the fashion house. It features Miss Bonas, 26, dancing round an old court house and English country garden in a £1,800 dress. Asked if it was ‘nice’ being single, she replied: ‘It is actually, it is, it is’ Miss Bonas dated Prince Harry for two years until last April when they broke up, reportedly over a disagreement about the costs of attending Harry’s friend Guy Pelly’s wedding in America. Since then, Miss Bonas, a trained dancer, has been focusing on her acting and modelling career. She has just finished playing Cecily in The Importance of Being Ernest at the London Oratory, the Catholic comprehensive which counts Nick Clegg’s son as a pupil. In an interview to promote her role as Mulberry’s new muse, trained dancer Miss Bonas - who also appeared on the front cover of Miss Vogue magazine for the April edition - said: ‘I’m a strong, independent woman' Mulberry has released a short film featuring Miss Bonas, 26, dancing round an old court house and English country garden in a £1,800 dress (pictured). Miss Bonas dated Prince Harry for two years until last April . The three-night production was put on by Band of Others, a London-based theatre group which is raising funds for the Action on Addiction charity, of which Harry’s sister-in-law, the Duchess of Cambridge, is patron. Indeed, Prince Harry even attended the opening night of his former girlfriend’s play, and was heard laughing loudly throughout. Last month, she also appeared on the front cover of Miss Vogue magazine, and later this year will make her film debut in Harvey Weinstein’s Tulip Fever, also starring Dame Judi Dench. ‘I hope the focus is becoming more about skills that I have,’ she said in the interview with the Sunday Time’s Style magazine. ‘It’s really important to me not just to be known as…’ she added, drifting off without finishing the sentence, presumably referring to being known as Prince Harry’s ex. She refused to discuss her relationship with the prince, only to comment on the media attention their romance prompted. ‘All that stuff is not real,’ she says. ‘It’s really important to remember that all it is is noise, noise that can be very loud at times.’ Miss Bonas is set to make her film debut in Harvey Weinstein’s Tulip Fever, also starring Dame Judi Dench . She has just finished playing Cecily in The Importance of Being Ernest at the London Oratory, the Catholic comprehensive which counts Nick Clegg’s son as a pupil. Pictured: Miss Bonas in Mulberry's short video . She said she survived the attention, and speculation about their impending engagement, by being a homebody. ‘I’m not really one of those people who’s always out. I like being at home. I suppose that helps. I’ll go out with my friends or if there’s something really amazing I have been invited to, but I won’t do that all the time because that is not who I am.’ ‘But if I ever feel like “Oh, my life” or get upset by silly things like a photographer, or if someone has written something nasty that upsets me, I just think “worse things happen at sea”,’ she added, quoting her mother, Lady Mary-Gaye Curzon’s, favourite saying. Lady Mary-Gaye, the daughter of the 6th Earl Howe, has been married four times and has five children. The blonde, 1960s socialite once posed for a coffee table book half naked and smothered in engine oil and even had a cocktail named after her at Claridge’s. 'I hope the focus is becoming more about the skills I have,' said Miss Bonas, 26, of the shift she hopes will now happen in terms of how the media and members of the public see her now that she is pursuing an acting career . Miss Bonas pictured with her former partner Prince Harry in March last year just a month before they split up . Miss Bonas is Lady Mary’s only child with from her third marriage to Jeffrey Bonas, an old Harrovian entrepreneur. Speaking about her family, Miss Bonas said she was a ‘lion’. ‘It really, really annoys me when people attack my mum, because all of it’s all false. All of it,’ she said. ‘With all of her children, whenever we have a problem or a drama, she’s always there, as a mother but also as a friend who gives really wise advice. ‘About my family, I’m a lion. I am not tough but I am strong. I am definitely not a wallflower.’
target: Cressida Bonas says she is  happy being single after Prince Harry split .
  Dancer and Mulberry’s new muse says: 'I’m a strong, independent woman'
  Just finished playing Cecily in The Importance of Being Ernest in London .