Jodie Turner-Smith on Becoming Anne Boleyn

One thing becomes certain when you’re watching the AMC+ miniseries Anne Boleyn: Jodie Turner-Smith was born to play a queen. This new retelling, the first to be made by a nearly all-female creative team, presents the downfall of the 16th-century queen as a psychological drama. The details of Anne Boleyn’s life that have been less sensationalized over the centuries—the trauma of her multiple stillbirths, her relationship with her brother, her love of her daughter, Elizabeth—are depicted with intense depth by Turner-Smith, who commands every scene. “I’ve played two queens now,” the actor jokes during a phone conversation with BAZAAR.com. In… Read Full Article