How Dionne Brown's role in Queenie was a learning curve for the actress with religious background and reverend mother as she opens up about awkward and 'heavy' sex scenes Queenie actress Dionne Brown grew up in North London as one of five siblings Read More: How A-listers including Sienna Miller, Michelle Keegan and Mylene Klass have transformed retailers' images (and fortunes) with chic collaborations By Lydia Hawken For Mailonline Published: 11:31 EDT, 4 June 2024 | Updated: 11:45 EDT, 4 June 2024 e-mail 7 View comments Bridget Jones' Diary catapulted Renée Zellweger's career to all new heights when it hit screens in 2001 - and with any luck, the same will be said for Queenie star Dionne Brown. Tonight, the first episode of the new eight-part series, which has been dubbed the 'black Bridget Jones', airs on Channel 4 . The highly-anticipated series is based on the 2019 novel of the same name by British author Candice Carty-Williams.
The best-selling novel, which won the British Book Awards Book of the Year in 2020, follows a Jamaican-British writer living in London and navigating a break-up. Although Dionne has revealed she could relate to Queenie's feelings of loneliness, the actress' upbringing, personal life and stance on social media couldn't be more different to the show's protagonist. Pictured: Queen actress Dionne Brown attends Vanity Fair and The Newt in Somerset's celebration of The RHS Chelsea Flower Show Here FEMAIL delves into the life of the little-known actre.
