Los Angeles, CA (CNS) - Pop punk star Avril Lavigne is starring on her first lead movie role. She is taking her movie career one step further with a new “deep and dark” character.

The 23-year-old singer is upping her career as a serious thespian with a totally different character from the previous works she had done.

She tells The London Paper, “I’ve got a film role coming up - something you wouldn’t expect from me, something deep and dark.”

The “Complicated” star is no stranger to acting roles. She had minor roles in 2007’s “The Flock” and 2006’s “Fast Food Nation.” She was also the voice behind Heather, a teenage opossum, in the animated film “Over the Hedge.”