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The model-turned-actress covers Flaunt’s Issue 200, and in typical Turner-Smith fashion, she looks incredible. The 39-year-old muse donned a two-tone pink and black bouffant wig, clutched a bouquet of pink roses, and looked off into her bright future for the cover image.
In the intimate chat, Turner-Smith started the interview not with posture or polish, but with a deeply personal moment: “Today was my daughter’s first day of kindergarten. It was so emotional. … She’s growing up so fast.”
This emotional transparency set the tone for the rest of the interview, in which Turner-Smith opened up about the career shift and push from Pharrell that ultimately changed her life, how she incorporates joy as a practice, and which creatives are her dream collaborators. The cheeky actress even insisted that the interviewer include her plea to be in a Wong Kar-Wai film. Ok cinephile!
“[Queen & Slim] was my ‘Hello, I’ve arrived’ moment,” Turner-Smith shared. “It was all such a whirlwind. I was pregnant, which was its own mental vortex. I remember being ecstatic. There was so much happening at one time. It felt like all my dreams were coming true all at once, and it was so beautiful. I had two babies that year.” It’s clear that Turner-Smith’s role as mother is one that she holds nearest.
Turner-Smith is a studied actress. “I always say that I took myself to film school by working my way through the Criterion Collection,” Smith shared.
It’s as if she’s built for this. Turner-Smith doesn’t even mind the press tours that most talent suffer through. She has found joy in it. “The parade of dresses—I don’t mind it at all. I tend to make it more enjoyable for actors who don’t usually enjoy that kind of stuff because I usually have fun. I get it, it can be tedious and nerve-wracking, but I choose to enjoy it. And it’s an opportunity to serve looks, honey. Don’t threaten me with a good time,” she told Flaunt. One thing about Jodie Turner-Smith, she’s going to serve looks!
In the spirit of the intimate interview, she shared her experience with racism as an actress. From “The Acolyte” to “Anne Boleyn, despite her talent and how good the films are, racism still demands cancellations and erasure. “At this point, [racism] is just standard,” Turner-Smith admits. “The fact that I have these opportunities at this moment is because the actors of color who came before me did what they had to do, all in circumstances that I feel like were even more hostile than the ones I’ve had to contend with. I’ve spoken up about certain things, and it’s because it’s my duty to do it. I’m not complaining. I’m just telling people what I see.”
