Adele James
{{Short description|British actress and screenwriter}}
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Adele James (born 20 March 1995) is a British actress and screenwriter. She plays Tina Mollett in the TV series, Casualty. In 2023, James starred in the Netflix docuseries, Queen Cleopatra.
Life
James became interested in acting in high school.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-22 |title=Who Is The Black Actress Who Plays Cleopatra And Started A Firestorm Against Netflix |url=https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/04/22/black-actress-cleopatra-netflix/ |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=Greek City Times |language=en-US}} Her father is Jamaican and her mother is English.{{Cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1765310/Adele-James-queen-cleopatra-backlash-netflix|title=Adele James hits back at Queen Cleopatra backlash|first=Christine|last=Smith|date=May 2, 2023|website=Express.co.uk}} James studied at the Richmond upon Thames College and the University of Bristol.
In 2018, she was the screenwriter of the short film, Last Call. She plays Tina Mollett in the TV series, Casualty.{{Cite web |last=Kitson |first=Calli |date=2021-07-24 |title=Casualty star Charles Venn reveals how Iain may save Jacob from abuse |url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/07/24/casualty-star-charles-venn-reveals-how-iain-may-save-jacob-from-abuse-14964264/ |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=Metro |language=en}} In 2023, she was given the starring role as Cleopatra in the second installment of Netflix's African Queens docuseries, Queen Cleopatra.{{Cite magazine |last=Syed |first=Armani |date=2023-04-20 |title=What the Debate Over Cleopatra's 'Race' Gets Wrong |url=https://time.com/6273435/cleopatra-race-debate-netflix/ |access-date=2023-04-22 |magazine=Time |language=en}} Her casting faced controversy surrounding the Cleopatra race controversy.{{Cite web |last=Vivarelli |first=Nick |date=2023-04-20 |title=Cleopatra's African Heritage in Netflix Docudrama Sparks Uproar in Egypt |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/black-cleopatra-netflix-egypt-adele-james-1235589497/ |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}
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Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century British actresses
Category:Black British actresses
Category:English people of Jamaican descent
Category:British television actresses
Category:Alumni of Richmond upon Thames College
Category:Alumni of the University of Bristol
Category:21st-century British screenwriters
Category:British women television writers
Category:21st-century British women writers
Category:Black British women writers
Category:Black British writers
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