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1. www.biography.com › royalty › anne-boleynAnne Boleyn - Children, Death & Tudors - Biography

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   Apr 2, 2014 · Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, served as queen of England in the 1530s. She was executed on charges of incest, witchcraft, adultery and conspiracy against the king.

2. sfonline.barnard.edu › a-beauty-not-so-whitely“A beauty not so whitely”: Anne Boleyn and the Optics of Race

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   Venetian diplomat Francesco Sanuto wrote that Anne was “not one of the handsomest women in the world; she is of middling stature, swarthy complexion, long neck, wide mouth, a bosom not much raised and eyes which are black and beautiful.” ((Ives, The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn, 40–1.))

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   Who plays Anne Boleyn?

   • Jodie Turner-Smith as Anne Boleyn. Channel 5/PA The Channel 5 historical drama series Anne Boleyn, directed by Lynsey Miller, stars black British actor Jodie Turner-Smith as the Tudor queen consort at the height of her power and influence, shortly before her dramatic fall and execution in May 1536.

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   Could a black woman play Anne Boleyn?

   • The prospect of a dark-skinned Black woman playing Anne Boleyn upset a lot of people. Some of the criticism against casting Black actors in Tudor historical dramas is rooted in an inaccurate and racist belief that people of color and Black people, specifically, did not exist in Tudor England.

   “A beauty not so whitely”: Anne Boleyn and the Optics of Race

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   Why is Anne Boleyn important?

   • Anne Boleyn offers a new and important depiction of queenship and seeing a dark-skinned Black woman as Henry VIII’s wife does a lot of the work in revising the public imaginary by challenging beauty standards and highlighting sexual politics at court.

   “A beauty not so whitely”: Anne Boleyn and the Optics of Race

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   Was Anne Boleyn white?

   • Everyone knows the real Anne Boleyn was white. But we’re making a drama, and historical drama is about reinventing old stories to ask questions about the modern world.” 50 Yes, Anne Boleyn was deemed white, but as I have argued throughout this essay, her whiteness was constantly under scrutiny.

   “A beauty not so whitely”: Anne Boleyn and the Optics of Race

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4. metro.co.uk › 2021/06/03 › anne-boleyn-a-historianAnne Boleyn: Historian on Black Tudors and 'colourist ... - Metro

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   Jun 3, 2021 · Anne Boleyn: Historian on Black Tudors and 'colourist' backlash | Metro News. Home › Entertainment › TV. Anne Boleyn: A historian weighs in on the lives of Black Tudors under Henry VIII...

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5. www.bbc.co.uk › news › entertainment-arts-57327102Anne Boleyn: Critics praise Jodie Turner-Smith but find fault ...

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   Jun 2, 2021 · 2 June 2021. Parisa Taghizadeh/ Fable Pictures. Jodie Turner-Smith plays Henry VIII's second wife in the three-part series. A new drama about Anne Boleyn has been praised for casting black...

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7. theconversation.com › anne-boleyn-in-defence-ofAnne Boleyn: in defence of historical inaccuracy

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   Jun 7, 2021 · The Channel 5 historical drama series Anne Boleyn, directed by Lynsey Miller, stars black British actor Jodie Turner-Smith as the Tudor queen consort at the height of her power and influence,...

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8. time.com › 5739697Why Anne Boleyn Doesn't Deserve Her Bad Reputation | TIME

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   Dec 2, 2019 · Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, has had a bad reputation for 500 years. Here's why one historian wants to change that Historian Hayley Nolan says Boleyn's story "is more...

9. medium.com › history-of-women › no-anne-boleyn-wasNo, Anne Boleyn Was Not Black. - Medium

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   Apr 8, 2021 · So they cast a black woman to play Anne Boleyn. Anne Boleyn was beheaded so King Henry VIII could marry Jane Seymour in his obsessed quest for a male heir. Jodie Turner-Smith is beautiful.