Naomie Ackie’s biggest regret in life is that she did not get to be part of the Harry Potter movies. “I’m still desperate to be part of the franchise in some way! Growing up, I was such a huge Potter fan and I was so jealous of all the kids who were cast in the movies. I really wanted to be Hermoine (Granger), but obviously that part was already taken and played beautifully by Emma Watson.
When I was 15, I auditioned to play Lavender Brown and got to the second round...
but unfortunately it didn’t work out. Ah well, maybe they’ll let me audition for them once more,” she sighs. The Londoner may not have gotten to wear cloaks or cast spells (just yet), but she has not fared too badly since.
After breaking out with films like Lady Macbeth and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker , her roles on two hit television shows — The End of the F***ing World and Master of None — truly announced Naomie’s arrival in Hollywood. She followed that up by being cast as Whitney Houston in the legendary singer’s biopic I Wanna Dance with Somebody , which led to universal critical acclaim for the rising British actor. Naomie Ackie as as Whitney Houston in ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody’ And it is only getting better; next up, she stars as the lead in Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut Blink Twice (releasing this week), and then will be seen in Parasite filmmaker and Oscar-winner Bong Joon-ho’s long-awaited sci-fi thriller Mickey 17.
Resonating with female filmmakers Blink Twice.