Who was your favourite Anne Boleyn in the last 100 years?
Who was your favourite Anne Boleyn in film or TV over the last 100 years: Part 1?
In the previous 100 years, 17 famous actresses have presented their exceptional performances of
Anne Boleyn, the remarkable queen of Henry VIII.
We ranked them by their resemblance to three different portraits of Anne Boleyn.
This video includes the first six "Anne Boleyns", ranking 12 to 17 using our AI Resemblance Detection Model.
These are the first six, have we included your favourite Anne Boleyn?
Chapters:
00:00 100 years of Anne Boleyn
00:42 Claire Foy: Wolf Hall 2015
01:24 Jodie Turner-Smith: Anne Boleyn 2017
02:07 Barbara Shaw: The Pearl of the Crown 1937
02:50 Genevieve Bujold: Anne of The Thousand Days 1969
03:31 Elaine Stewart: Young Bess 1953
04:12 Natalie Dormer: The Tudors 2007
04:55 Narration: Did we include your favourite Anne Boleyn?
05:07 Ranking Methodology
05:12 The First Six Anne Boleyns
05:52 Outro
17. Claire Foy:
Claire Foy portrayed Anne Boleyn in the BAFTA-winning 2015 BBC TV series Wolf Hall.
She also earned a nomination for the BAFTA and Critic Choice awards for best actress for her portrayal of Anne Boleyn.
Based on our model, her overall resemblance score to Anne Boleyn's portrait was 11.0.
16. Jodie Turner-Smith
Jodie Turner-Smith starred as Anne Boleyn in the three-part miniseries written by Eve Hedderwick Turner and directed by Lynsey Miller for Chanel 5.
Rotten Tomatoes website's critics' consensus reads, "There's no denying the pleasure of Jodie Turner-Smith's powerful turn as the one-and-only Anne Boleyn."
Based on the AI resemblance model, Jodie's overall resemblance score to Anne Boleyn's portrait was 16.7.
15. Barbara Shaw
Barbara Shaw portrayed Anne Boleyn in the 1937 French Comedy Les Perles de la Couronne (The Pearl of the Crown).
The movie was based on the historical fiction of Sasha Guitry, who played multiple roles in the film.
Barbara Shaw scored 20.3 using our AI resemblance model.
14. Genevieve Bujold
Genevieve Bujold was the Anne Boleyn in the 1969 British film. Anne of a Thousand Days.
Genevieve won the 1970 Golden Globe Best Actress Award and Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her portrayal of Anne Boleyn.
She scored 25 on our AI Resemblance Model against Anne Boleyn's portraits.
13 Elaine Stewart
Elaine Stewart had a small part as Anne Boleyn in the 1953 movie young Bess.
Young Bess was interesting as it was one of the few movies that portrayed Thomas Seymour favourably.
Elaine Stewart scored 26.3 on our AI Resemblance Model using Anne Boleyn's portraits.
12 Natalie Dormer
Natalie Dormer gave a stunning portrayal of Anne Boleyn for the first two seasons of The Tudors, a 2007 historical fiction TV series.
The Tudors received a nomination for the Golden Globe for Best Drama series in 2007 and won the Emmy for Best Costumes in 2007, 2008 and 2010, and Best Art Direction in 2010.
Natalie Dormer scored 26.7 on our AI Resemblance Model using Anne Boleyn's portraits.
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