Who is Naomi Ackie, playing Whitney Houston in her biopic? The I Wanna Dance with Somebody and Star Wars actress is also set to appear in Zoë Kravitz’s film and was nearly in a Game of Thrones prequel

• Naomi Ackie stars as legendary pop superstar Whitney Houston in the family-approved biopic I Wanna Dance with Somebody, releasing globally on December 23
• The London-born actress made her debut with Doctor Who and has since won a Bafta, landed a gig with Parasite director’s Bong Joon-ho in Mickey17, and loves Versace and Loewe