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Jun 3, 2021 · When British broadcaster Channel 5 announced the cast of its “ Anne Boleyn ” miniseries last October, the show’s eponymous star—Black actress Jodie Turner-Smith —faced immediate backlash from...
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- Meilan Solly
Jun 2, 2021 · A new drama about Anne Boleyn has been praised for casting black actress Jodie Turner-Smith in the title role, though other aspects left critics unimpressed. Channel 5's three-part series...
Jodie Turner-Smith (born 7 September 1986) is a British actress. She made her feature film debut in The Neon Demon (2016) and has since acted in Queen & Slim (2019), After Yang (2022), and White Noise (2022).
Mar 23, 2022 · Jodie Turner-Smith has spoken about the challenges of being a dark-skinned black woman on screen. The TV star, 35, courted attention when she became the first black actress to portray real-life...
May 21, 2021 · Jodie will be the first Black person to play the role of the fearless Tudor, the king’s second wife who was famously beheaded having been wrongly charged for having sexual relationships with...
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- Adam Miller
Dec 8, 2021 · The England-born Queen & Slim star is the first Black actress to portray this major historical figure on screen, and her casting ignited controversy in her native country when it was first ...
Jun 5, 2021 · Written by Emmy winner Lena Waithe, the romantic thriller starred Turner-Smith and Daniel Kaluuya as a Black Ohio couple on the run after they kill a police officer in self-defence during a...
