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In 2018, she was the screenwriter of the short film, Last Call. [1] She plays Tina Mollett in the TV series, Casualty. [1] [3] In 2023, she was given the starring role as Cleopatra in the second installment of Netflix's African Queens docuseries, Queen Cleopatra. [4] Her casting faced controversy surrounding the Cleopatra race controversy. [5]
Cleopatra was played by Adele James in the second season's dramatic reenactment scenes. James is an actress of mixed Jamaican and English ancestry, which caused controversy over the depiction of Cleopatra's race. [18] The Egyptian government responded negatively to the casting decision.
In 2018, Green landed a main role as Cleopatra in series 2 of Roman Empire - Julius Caesar: Master of Rome. [4] Between 2018 and 2020, Green played the character of Talon, the last survivor of her race, the Blackbloods, [5] in 49 episodes of The CW's fantasy-adventure drama television series The Outpost. Green reportedly performed her own ...
CAIRO — Egypt has accused Netflix of misrepresenting history by casting a Black woman to play Cleopatra, its most famous historical figure, in a new series. “Queen Cleopatra,” which is ...
The series, which mixes dramatic reenactments with expert interviews, depicts the queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt as Black by starring British, mixed-race actor Adele James.
A government-owned Egyptian broadcaster has responded the casting of a Black actress to play Cleopatra in the Netflix docudrama series “African Queens,” which streams from May 10, by ...
Leonor Magdalena Varela Palma (Spanish pronunciation: [leoˈnoɾ βaˈɾela]; born 29 December 1972) is a Chilean born actress. She played the title role in the 1999 television film Cleopatra , and vampire princess Nyssa Damaskinos in the 2002 Marvel Comics film Blade II .
A government-owned Egyptian broadcaster has responded to controversy over the casting of a Black actress to play Cleopatra in the Netflix docudrama series “African Queens,” which streams from ...