Naomie Harris became a global star as the Bond girl in Skyfall, but her biggest challenge yet has been playing the controversial figure of Nelson Mandela's wife in the new biopic. Luckily, she says, her co-star was Idris Elba…
The first time I met Naomie Harris was in 2010 in a noisy cafe in Portobello Road, London. I thought then that she was the sort of girl you would have wanted to make your best friend if you had met her at school: warm, talkative, not at all puffed up and not dressed up either. I don't remember what she wore but it wasn't aiming to be memorable. The cafe was noisy so she suggested we talk in her nearby flat. She was best known then for her role in Pirates of the Caribbean and for television dramas (Clara in White Teeth, Hortense in Small Island). She was about to pull into the fast lane,...
The first time I met Naomie Harris was in 2010 in a noisy cafe in Portobello Road, London. I thought then that she was the sort of girl you would have wanted to make your best friend if you had met her at school: warm, talkative, not at all puffed up and not dressed up either. I don't remember what she wore but it wasn't aiming to be memorable. The cafe was noisy so she suggested we talk in her nearby flat. She was best known then for her role in Pirates of the Caribbean and for television dramas (Clara in White Teeth, Hortense in Small Island). She was about to pull into the fast lane,...
- 12/1/2013
- by Kate Kellaway
- The Guardian - Film News
London, Nov 4: Naomie Harris will be the first Black actress to play Miss Moneypenny in the new James Bond movie 'Skyfall'.
Harris, 35, revealed that she was raised by a single mother and bullied at school.
Her parents separated when she was still a child and her mother, Lisselle Kayla, who is from Jamaica, brought her up on her own in a modest flat in Finsbury Park, north London.
She was bullied at school, and, despite getting into Cambridge University, had a miserable time there.
"I think I was a late developer and at Cambridge everyone was really fascinated by boys and I really wasn't interested in them at.
Harris, 35, revealed that she was raised by a single mother and bullied at school.
Her parents separated when she was still a child and her mother, Lisselle Kayla, who is from Jamaica, brought her up on her own in a modest flat in Finsbury Park, north London.
She was bullied at school, and, despite getting into Cambridge University, had a miserable time there.
"I think I was a late developer and at Cambridge everyone was really fascinated by boys and I really wasn't interested in them at.
- 11/4/2011
- by Arun Pantit
- RealBollywood.com
It's hard to imagine that Naomie Harris, a stunning, confident actress who's now in the running to play the next Bond girl, was once a self-confessed nerd.
"I was always a nerd and a bookworm at school - I worked a bit too hard," she says with a wry smile.
The work paid off though. At 34, Harris is grounded and intelligent, with a degree from Cambridge University to her name and a bright acting future.
Playing a sexy sidekick in a James Bond movie used to be considered career suicide but these days they're stronger parts for feisty actresses, including Gemma Arterton and Eva Green, who go on to greater success.
Harris, who came to fame in the 2002 TV adaptation of Zadie Smith's White Teeth, before being almost unrecognisable as a voodoo priestess in two Pirates Of The Caribbean films, confirmed she is in the running for the role...
"I was always a nerd and a bookworm at school - I worked a bit too hard," she says with a wry smile.
The work paid off though. At 34, Harris is grounded and intelligent, with a degree from Cambridge University to her name and a bright acting future.
Playing a sexy sidekick in a James Bond movie used to be considered career suicide but these days they're stronger parts for feisty actresses, including Gemma Arterton and Eva Green, who go on to greater success.
Harris, who came to fame in the 2002 TV adaptation of Zadie Smith's White Teeth, before being almost unrecognisable as a voodoo priestess in two Pirates Of The Caribbean films, confirmed she is in the running for the role...
- 6/24/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
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