Jodie Turner-Smith Wiki
Jodie Turner-Smith is a British actress and model. She is well-known for her work in the films Without Remorse, Queen & Slim, Night flyers, The Last Ship, and Queen & Slim.
Name | Jodie Turner-Smith |
Nationality | British |
Date of Birth | 7 September 1986 |
Age | 36 years |
Place of Birth | Peterborough, United Kingdom |
Profession/Occupation | Actress, Model |
Husband | Joshua Jackson |
Height | 1.76 m |
Net worth | $1 million (estimated) |
@jodiesmith |
Jodie Turner-Smith Background
Turner-Smith is the only member of her family who was not born in Jamaica; her parents are from Jamaica and she was born in Peterborough, England. She lived in Peterborough up until the age of ten.
She travelled to the country with her mother, brother, and half-sister and settled in Gaithersburg, Maryland, following her parents’ divorce. Since 2009, she has resided in Los Angeles.
Jodie Turner-Smith Education
Turner-Smith attended the University of Pittsburgh to study finance; after graduating in 2008, she began working for a bank.
Jodie Turner-Smith Career
Jodie Turner-Smit after an N.E.R.D. concert in 2009, was introduced to musician Pharrell Williams through a common acquaintance. He persuaded her to become a model and go to Los Angeles when she told him she wanted to become a write.
She made her acting debut in True Blood in 2013 as a siren, which led to a number of small parts in movies and music videos between 2013 and 2017. She was known as Jodie Smith at the time. She had an appearance in Zayn Malik’s “Pillowtalk” music video in 2016.
In the TNT series The Last Ship’s 2017–2018 season, Turner-Smith first gained notoriety as Sgt. Azima Kandie. In the 2018 Syfy/Netflix series Nightflyers, she played the pivotal character Melantha Jhirl.
In addition to playing Queen opposite Daniel Kaluuya in the thought-provoking drama film Queen & Slim from 2019, she played Josie in the Cinemax series Jett, which debuted in June 2019.
In October 2020, it was revealed that Turner-Smith would play Queen Anne Boleyn in the three-part Channel 5 drama series Anne Boleyn, which explores the last few months of Boleyn’s life. Due of her race, her casting received criticism. May 2021 saw the series’ debut. Turner-Smith got accolades for her acting, but the series’ writing and plot received less favourable reviews. mixed responses from the audience.
She was cast in The Witcher: Blood Origin, a six-episode limited series prequel to The Witcher, in January 2021. Éile is a warrior blessed with the voice of a goddess. She left the movie owing to scheduling issues and a change in the production timeline, Netflix revealed in April 2021.
In Kogonada’s science fiction drama After Yang, Turner-Smith co-starred with Colin Farrell. In March 2022, the movie was released. The Acolyte, a Star Wars spinoff, welcomed her on board.
Jodie Turner-Smith Husband
Jodie Turner-Smith in October 2018 started dating the actor, Joshua Jackson.
Joshua Carter Jackson is a Canadian-American actor who was born on June 11, 1978. He is best known for playing Charlie Conway in Mighty Ducks, Pacey Witter in The WB’s teen drama Dawson’s Creek (1998–2003), Peter Bishop in Fox’s science fiction series Fringe (2008–2013), Cole Lockhart in Showtime’s drama The Affair (2014–2018), Mickey Joseph in When They See Us (2019), Bill Richardson in Little Fires Everywhere (2020), and Dr. Christopher Duntsch in Dr. Death (2021).
Their daughter was born in April 2020 after they wed in December 2019.
Jodie Turner-Smith Net worth
Jodie Turner-Smith has an estimated net worth of $1 million. She is well-known for her work in the films Without Remorse, Queen & Slim, Night flyers, The Last Ship, and Queen & Slim.
Jodie Turner-Smith Filmography
Film
2016 The Neon Demon Roberta Hoffmann’s assistant
2017 Lemon Beverly
Newness Statuesque woman
2019 Queen & Slim Angela “Queen” Johnson
2021 Without Remorse Karen Greer
After Yang Kyra
2022 White Noise Winnie Richards
The Independent Not yet released post-production
TBA Murder Mystery 2 Not yet released post-production
Television
2013 True Blood Siren #2 4 episodes
2015–2016 Mad Dogs Angel 2 episodes
2016 Ice Lady Rah’s masseuse 1 episode
2017–2018 The Last Ship Sgt. Azima Kandie 20 episodes
2018 Nightflyers Melantha Jhirl 10 episodes
2019 Jett Josie 9 episodes
2021 Anne Boleyn Anne Boleyn 3 episodes
TBA Bad Monkey Not yet released Dragon Queen/Gracie Main role, filming
TBA The Acolyte Not yet released TBA Main role, filming
Short
2014 Dear Diamond Nancy Video short
2016 Hard World for Bad Things Kay
2016 Woman in Deep Paulette
2016 Man Rots from the Head Violet
2016 Call Your Father the Shopgirl
2017 Let’s Just Be Friends Taylor
2018 Elvis Brown: Yummy Ex
Music video
2014 “Walkin’ on the Moon” The-Dream feat. Kanye West
2013 “Cool Song No. 2” MGMT
2013 “Für Hildegard von Bingen” Devendra Banhart
2014 “Dear Diamond” Blaqstarr feat. Common
2016 “Pillowtalk” Zayn Malik
2016 “Make Me (Cry)” Noah Cyrus feat. Labrinth.