Caribbean Entertainment – Viacom Snaps Up Film With Jamaican Actress

News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. April 6, 2018: Viacom’s Channel 5 in the U.K., TF1 in France, and Seven Network in Australia have snapped up the film, “Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance,” featuring Jamaican-born actress, Parisa Fitz-Henley.

The two-hour movie follows the courtship of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. In the Lifetime TV movie about the soon-to-be-married couple, Fitz-Henley plays Markle.

The movie will be delivered to the broadcasters on May 11th, ahead of the royal wedding.

Lifetime channels in Asia and Latin America will show the TV movie in those regions. Atres has picked it up for Spain, SBS for the Benelux region, Sky for New Zealand.

Fitz-Henley is a former Jamaica fashion model winner who turned to acting. She has starred as Reva Connors in Jessica Jones and Luke Cage. Since 2017, Fitz-Henley has starred in the NBC drama Midnight, Texas.