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To have the kind of success I have had is really amazing, and I am incredibly grateful.

Naomie Harris

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Naomie Harris
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: September 6
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
London
England
Naomie Melanie Harris
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People have very strong opinions about how their national icons should be played.
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I like to believe that we all pray to the same god.
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Getting to travel around the world and go to glamorous locations is certainly not what I had as a kid.
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