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Jodie Turner-Smith’s Dragon Queen on 'Bad Monkey' Is Clicking Through YouTube Makeup Tutorials

The Bad Monkey actress’s vision for her character’s “armor” extends all the way to her eye makeup and nail color.

After seven episodes of being Andros’s most well-dressed practitioner of Obeah, our queen has made it clear she’ll do whatever it takes to get off the island — even if it means severing ties with her dear grandmother and childhood best friend in favor of cavorting with the ruthless on-the-run developers who have no problem killing her if she double-crosses them. Where’s my hope or love?” Flashbacks reveal Gracie was forced to reckon with a difficult childhood, as she lost her mother at a young age — there was never a dad in the picture — and chose to dedicate herself to Obeah under Ya-Ya’s teachings following yet another romantic heartbreak. Jodie Turner-Smith says the duality of this role, switching between the fearsome Dragon Queen and more reserved Gracie, was the most “deeply collaborative and shaped” character she’s ever played.

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