Essence Magazine:
Netflix By Melissa Noel ·Updated May 12, 2023
In response to Netflix casting a mixed race actress to play Cleopatra in a new series, a government-owned Egyptian media station says it will produce a documentary depicting the queen with an actress with more European features and lighter skin.
Adele James, an actress of British and Jamaican heritage, will star in the latest installment of Netflix’s docudrama anthology, “African Queens,”
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