Kathy Bates showed off her incredible 60lb weight loss while attending the premiere of The Highwaymen on Sunday.

The American Horror Story star, 70, looked in high spirits as she attended the event at the Paramount Theatre during the South by Southwest Film Festival, alongside some of her co-stars including Woody Harrelson and Kevin Costner.

The actress cut a stylish figure as she displayed her physical transformation in a black leather jacket and navy top and showed off her recently dyed black hair.

Transformation: Kathy has a new look after her 60 pound weight loss Look: Kathy credited 'mindfulness' as her new approach to health

Transformation: Kathy Bates showed off her 60 pound weight loss, (left) while attending the premiere of The Highwaymen during the South by Southwest Film Festival on Sunday, (right, pictured in 2011)

She paired it with black jeans and matching shoes with a star detail and accessorised with gold necklaces.

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The TV star discussed her weight loss journey and how her 'little niece' taught her to simply train her mind to 'push the plate away'. 

Asked how she shed the pounds, she told Us Weekly magazine: 'Mindfulness, just knowing when to push my plate away.' 

Film star: The American Horror Story star, 70, looked in high spirits as she attended the event

Film star: The American Horror Story star, 70, looked in high spirits as she attended the event 

Cast: Kathy was joined by some of her co-stars on the film including Kevin Costner, Woody Harrelson and Kim Dickens

Cast: Kathy was joined by some of her co-stars on the film including Kevin Costner, Woody Harrelson and Kim Dickens

Fashion: Kathy cut a stylish figure as she displayed her physical transformation Style: She donned a black leather jacket with a navy top

Fashion: Kathy cut a stylish figure as she displayed her physical transformation in a black leather jacket and navy top

Plot: The Highwaymen is a crime film that follows two Texas Rangers (played by Woody and Kevin) as they attempt to track down and apprehend notorious criminals Bonnie and Clyde

Plot: The Highwaymen is a crime film that follows two Texas Rangers (played by Woody and Kevin) as they attempt to track down and apprehend notorious criminals Bonnie and Clyde 

She continued: 'My niece told me this little, secret, I guess it's no secret, it's a biological thing, that at some point when you're eating, you have this involuntary sigh and that's really your brain and your stomach communicating that you've had enough. 

'The trick is to pay attention to that and push your plate away. It took a few years. I would say you have to be really patient ... I don't like the word willpower, but I like the word determination.' 

The 70-year-old actress battled ovarian and breast cancer in 2003 and 2012 respectively, and feels the healthiest she has ever been, but she wishes she had decided to lead a fitter lifestyle 'years ago'. 

Character: Kathy stars as Miriam 'Ma' Ferguson in the flick, who was the first female Governor of Texas, serving from 1925 to 1927 and 1933 to 1935

Character: Kathy stars as Miriam 'Ma' Ferguson in the flick, who was the first female Governor of Texas, serving from 1925 to 1927 and 1933 to 1935

Ensemble: Kathy also wore black jeans and matching shoes with a star detail and accessorised with gold necklaces

New 'do: Kathy has also been sporting a new hairstyle lately with freshly dyed raven locks

She said: 'I have never been in such good health. I just had a physical. I'm doing great... I feel like a completely different person. I can move, I can walk. I just wish I had done it years ago.' 

To treat her cancer Kathy underwent a double mastectomy, and previously revealed she chose not to get reconstructive surgery as she doesn't believe she needs to 'pretend' that she has breasts. 

She said: 'I've joined the ranks of women who are going flat, as they say. I don't have breasts - so why do I have to pretend like I do? That stuff isn't important. I'm just grateful to have been born at a time when the research made it possible for me to survive. I feel so incredibly lucky to be alive.'

Weight loss: Kathy has lost 60lbs between these two pictures; the American Horror Story star is seen in 2015 Weight loss: Kathy has lost 60lbs between these two pictures; the American Horror Story star is seen in January

Weight loss: Kathy has lost 60lbs between these two pictures; the American Horror Story star is seen in 2015, left, and in January, right

The Highwaymen is a crime film that follows two Texas Rangers (played by Woody and Kevin) as they attempt to track down and apprehend notorious criminals Bonnie and Clyde.

Kathy stars as Miriam 'Ma' Ferguson in the flick, who was the first female Governor of Texas, serving from 1925 to 1927 and 1933 to 1935. 

The Highwaymen will be released on Netflix on March 29, 2019. 

As she was: Kathy, seen in 1989 Kathy, seen in October

As she was: Kathy, seen in 1989, left, and then in October, right

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