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Rowe would later reprise the role in 1989’sGoodnight, Sweet Marilyn.
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Ana de Armas in ‘Blonde’; Megan Hilty on ‘Smash’; Michelle Williams in ‘My Week With Marilyn’.Credit:Netflix; Patrick Randak/NBC/Getty; Laurence Cendrowicz/The Weinstein Company/Courtesy Everett Collection
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Yes, it’s as lazy as it sounds, and just like the first not worth a watch.
Misty Rowe in ‘Goodbye, Norma Jean’.Everett Collection
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Catherine Hicks in ‘Marilyn: The Untold Story’.Everett Collection
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Norma Jean was her reality."
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Theresa Russell in ‘Insignificance’.Everett Collection
After she was Marilyn Monroe, Niven saw a long career making Lifetime and Hallmark films.
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Though, despite her tender dedication, her performance lacks a certain illustriousness in hindsight.
Paula Lane in ‘Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn’.Everett Collection
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Still, she’s cemented in Monroe’s pop culture canon, for better or worse.
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Susan Griffiths in ‘Marilyn and Me’.Everett Collection
shows a side of Monroe that’s desperate to connect.
So we’re showing you the person without all the glitz and polish."
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Melody Anderson in ‘Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair’.Everett Collection
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Essentially, it’s a performance within a performance."
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Mira Sorvino in ‘Norma Jean & Marilyn’.Everett Collection
Aesthetically,EW’s critic writesthat de Armas' resemblance to the doomed starlet is “stunning.”
But she adds that her Cuban accent, even in its reduced form, is “distracting.”
Which is unfortunate, because de Armas worked hard to prepare for the role.
Ashley Judd in ‘Norma Jean & Marilyn’.Everett Collection
Barbara Niven in ‘The Rat Pack’.Everett Collection
Poppy Montgomery in ‘Blonde’.Everett Collection
Charlotte Sullivan in ‘The Kennedys’.History Channel
Michelle Williams in ‘My Week With Marilyn’.LAURENCE CENDROWICZ/TWC
Uma Thurman, Katharine McPhee, and Megan Hilty on ‘Smash’.Will Hart/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images (2); Craig Blankenhorn/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
Kelli Garner in ‘The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe’.Everett Collection
Ana de Armas in ‘Blonde’.Netflix
