Before Anna de Armas in the Netflix movie “Blonde”, which actresses also played the legendary Marilyn Monroe in the movies?
Adapting Joyce Carol Oates’ eponymous novel, Andrew Dominick’s Blonde offers us a glimpse inside the myth of Marilyn Monroe, the epitome of Hollywood glamour, but whose beauty hid many intimate flaws. An uncompromising film, delivered in its raw form and whose subversive nature led to certain scenes being banned from Netflix for under 18s.
Stepping into the shoes of the most famous actress in the world will not be easy for any actress, but Ana de Armas seems to have accepted the challenge. However, the 34-year-old actor is not the first to give his features to Marilyn, as the latter has been the subject of several biographies in the past, in film but also on television.
Find out which other actresses played Marilyn Monroe before Ana de Armas in Blonde, now only on Netflix!
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POPPY MONTGOMERY
Twenty years before the Netflix movie, Blonde is the first adaptation of the novel Joyce Carol Oates originated on television as a mini-series; The role of Marilyn Monroe was then given to the actress Poppy Montgomery, who was well known to die-hard fans of the series.
Charlotte Sullivan

Canadian actress Charlotte Sullivan played Marilyn Monroe in the miniseries The Kennedys, which chronicled the maddened rise of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (Greg Kinnear) from his election in 1960 to his assassination on November 22, 1963.
Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino

Celebrating Norma Jean Baker’s youth before she became Marilyn Monroe, the TV movie Norma Jean & Marilyn saw Ashley Judd portray the character as a young woman, with Mira Sorvino as Marilyn.
Misty Rowe

TV actress Misty Rowe played Marilyn Monroe in Goodbye Norma Jean, fourteen years after her death.
Katherine Hicks

A few years before she starred in the series Home of Seven, Kathryn Hicks lent her features to Marilyn Monroe in the television film Marilyn, An Unfinished Life, adapted from the 1974 biography by American writer Norman Mailer.
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