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Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, LL Cool J, Madonna and other musical artists have attempted to make it as actors, with varying degrees of success.Now Mary J. Blige is stepping up her screen ambitions, appearing in her biggest movie role to date.
She portrays the matriarch of a struggling farm family in “Mudbound,” a film by director Dee Rees that arrives Friday on Netflix and in a handful of theaters.
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