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Jodie Turner-Smith to make history as first black star to play Anne Boleyn

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Hollywood has a new queen in waiting... and a role as Anne Boleyn is set to confirm her status as acting royalty. British star Jodie Turner-Smith is the first black actress to play Henry VIII’s ill-fated second wife, beheaded on the king’s orders.

A three-part drama – called simply Anne Boleyn – will lift Jodie’s profile in the UK, where she grew up before moving to the US.

A former banker, she is already a big name in the States after starring in Queen & Slim, the hit 2019 movie about a couple on the run from police after an accidental shooting.

While her character’s name was Queen, that is where the similarities end with the Tudor wife Jodie, 34, is now playing. She said: “I am looking forward to bringing my heart and spirit into this

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