MOST actresses like nothing better than a bit of glamour - but one Cwmbran woman is hoping her gruesome transformation into an evil alien will prove her big break.

And Jennifer Evans' role in a horror/sci-fi movie which cost just £300,000 to make is winning her cult status, as the film went straight into the top ten of UK DVD sales.

Evil Aliens, directed by Jake West, is following the footsteps of other low-budget Brit horrors like Shaun of the Dead, Dog Soldiers and The Wicker Man in picking up a cult following.

It has already earned rave reviews at independent festivals across Europe and the USA, as well as picking up a Raindance award at the British Independent Film Awards, and being nominated winner at the Idaho International Film Festival and San Francisco Indie Fest Film Festival.

It's a tongue-in-cheek comedy/horror about a group of humans battling against invading aliens.

The film was made by the British director last year.

Jennifer, 30, who comes from Llanyrafon, plays a hapless girl from a remote Welsh farm who is abducted by aliens and ghoulishly turns into one of them.

A sceptical film crew turns up to record her story - only to find out to their cost it's true.

The former St Alban's RC High School pupil goes out in style in her first big feature, getting splattered by a pile of rocks after she's become an alien monster.

"It was a really enjoyable experience - we got to travel across the country," she said. "It was a small crew so it was a family environment."

Evil Aliens was filmed near Cambridge, and on the Dorset coast.

Jennifer discovered her acting ambitions while spending a year in New York.

"I was studying fashion at university, and while I was there I was inspired to become involved in acting," she said.

Now Jennifer, who counts Natalie Portman among her cinematic heroines, is hoping to make the big time.

But her mum and dad Denise and Michael, of Friars Garden, have yet to see Evil Aliens.

"It's not quite their cup of tea!" she said.