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FKA Twigs Leads New Josephine Baker Biopic

5/12/2026

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FKA Twigs Cast

FKA Twigs has been cast to portray Josephine Baker in Maïmouna Doucouré’s upcoming biopic.
Filming is scheduled to begin in the fall, according to The Hollywood Reporter and Variety.
The project received approval from Baker’s estate and her adopted children Jean-Claude and Brian Bouillon Baker.
No title or release date has been announced for the biopic.
The role marks Twigs’s first lead performance in a Hollywood film.

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Doucouré Pitching Cannes

The Baker biopic will be pitched at Cannes, with Studiocanal and Bien ou Bien Productions handling sales.
Director Maïmouna Doucouré, known for the controversial Netflix film Cuties, will write and direct the film, which has endorsement from Baker’s sons Jean-Claude Bouillon Baker and Brian Bouillon Baker.
Doucouré says the movie will probe Baker’s contradictions and wounds to offer a nuanced portrait, a rare fully-supported effort after earlier stalled adaptations.

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FKA Twigs Cast

FKA Twigs has been cast to portray Josephine Baker in Maïmouna Doucouré’s upcoming biopic.
Filming is scheduled to begin in the fall, according to The Hollywood Reporter and Variety.
The project received approval from Baker’s estate and her adopted children Jean-Claude and Brian Bouillon Baker.
No title or release date has been announced for the biopic.
The role marks Twigs’s first lead performance in a Hollywood film.

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