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I was moved by her ability to capture the stage presence of a global icon while bringing humanity to her interior life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Naomi Ackie is a British actress known for her roles in <em>Lady Macbeth<\/em> and Netflix&#8217;s <em>The End of the F*cking World<\/em>, for which she won a BAFTA award. Currently the actress can be seen in <em>Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker<\/em> and the fourth film in Steve McQueen&#8217;s <em>Small Axe<\/em> anthology series, <em>Education<\/em>. Ackee has also landed a leading role in the upcoming Will Poulter and Johnny Flynn musical <em>The Score<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whitney Houston is receiving a biopic from Sony\/TriStar and has selected BAFTA winning actress Naomi Ackie to play the iconic singer. Entitled, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, the movie will be coming from The Photograph director Stella Meghie with the Houston estate approved screenplay written by Anthony McCarten. 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