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== Portrayals == {{see also|Cultural depictions of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis}} [[Jaclyn Smith]] portrays Jacqueline Kennedy in the 1981 television film ''[[Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (film)|Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy]]'', depicting her life until the end of the JFK presidency.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/139112/jackie-death-becomes|title=Jackie: Death Becomes Her|date=December 2, 2016|first=Will|last=Leitch|magazine=New Republic}}</ref> The film's producer Louis Rudolph stated an interest in creating a "positive portrait of a woman who I thought had been very much maligned," comments that were interpreted by John J. O'Connor of ''[[The New York Times]]'' as erasing any chances of critique toward her.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/14/arts/tv-jacqueline-bouvier-kennedy.html|title=TV: 'Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy'|first=John J.|last=O'Connor|date=October 14, 1981|newspaper=The New York Times|archive-date=January 25, 2018|access-date=September 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125223531/http://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/14/arts/tv-jacqueline-bouvier-kennedy.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Though Smith received praise for her performance,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2016/09/13/natalie-portman-may-be-finally-the-jackie-kennedy-fans-want/|title=Natalie Portman may be (finally) the Jackie Kennedy fans want|date=September 13, 2016|first=Emily|last=Heil|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> with Marilynn Preston calling her "convincing in an impossible role",<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/386958083/|title='Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy' a naΓ―ve and misty look at the Camelot years|date=October 13, 1981|first=Marrilyn|last=Preston|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|page=29|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Tom Shales wrote "Jaclyn Smith couldn't act her way out of a Gucci bag".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1981/10/14/fame-fortune-jackie-fluff/468a17c6-85e6-41fa-8740-9b0a631199d8/|title=Fame! Fortune! Jackie! Fluff!|first=Tom|last=Shales|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 14, 1981|archive-date=May 5, 2018|access-date=June 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505204741/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1981/10/14/fame-fortune-jackie-fluff/468a17c6-85e6-41fa-8740-9b0a631199d8/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Blair Brown]] portrays Jacqueline Kennedy in the 1983 miniseries ''[[Kennedy (1983 miniseries)|Kennedy]]'', set during the Kennedy presidency.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://parade.com/550166/npond/first-ladies-their-lives-their-influence-their-imitators/|title=First Ladies: Their Lives, Their Influence, Their Imitators|first=Neil|last=Pond|date=February 24, 2017|work=Parade}}</ref> Brown used wigs and makeup to better resemble Kennedy and said through playing the role she gained a different view of the assassination: "I realized that this was a woman witnessing the public execution of her husband."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://people.com/archive/cover-story-20-years-later-vol-20-no-22/ |title=20 Years Later|first=Jane|last=Hall|date=November 28, 1983|magazine=People}}</ref> Jason Bailey praised her performance,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/36584/kennedy-the-complete-series/|title=Kennedy: The Complete Series |date=March 10, 2009|first=Jason|last=Bailey|publisher=DVD Talk}}</ref> while Andrea Mullaney noted her resemblance to Kennedy and general shyness.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/kennedy-film-review-by-andrea-mullaney|title=Kennedy|first=Andrea|last=Mullaney|publisher=eyeforfilm.co.uk|archive-date=September 18, 2017|access-date=June 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918105541/http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/kennedy-film-review-by-andrea-mullaney|url-status=live}}</ref> Brown was nominated for a television BAFTA as [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress#1980s|Best Actress]] and a Golden Globe as [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress β Miniseries or Television Film#1980s|Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors|page=199|first=Jerry|last=Roberts|year=2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-6138-1}}</ref> Marianna Bishop, [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]], and [[Roma Downey]] portray Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in the 1991 miniseries ''[[A Woman Named Jackie]]'', covering her entire life until the death of Aristotle Onassis.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-07-10-9103180377-story.html|title=Actresses Of All Sizes Take Self-assuredness To New Heights.|first=Michael|last=Kilian|date=July 10, 1991|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201014203159/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-07-10-9103180377-story.html|archive-date=October 14, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=October 14, 2020}}</ref> Of being contacted for the role, Downey reflected: "I thought I was a strange choice because I didn't think I looked anything like her and I was Irish."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-12-ca-127-story.html|title=A Woman Named Roma|first=Susan|last=King|date=October 12, 1991|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809054615/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-12-ca-127-story.html|archive-date=August 9, 2020|access-date=February 18, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Half of Downey's wardrobe was designed by Shelley Komarov<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/13/arts/television-clothes-help-make-the-woman.html|title=TELEVISION; Clothes Help Make The Woman|date=October 13, 1991|first=Eve|last=Kahn|newspaper=The New York Times|archive-date=May 21, 2018|access-date=September 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521030127/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/13/arts/television-clothes-help-make-the-woman.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and Downey stated that though she had long harbored "great respect and admiration" for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, she was unaware of the troubles in her childhood.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-07-15-9103190904-story.html|title=Jackie Ode|date=July 15, 1991|first=Michael|last=Kilian|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210113435/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-07-15-9103190904-story.html|archive-date=December 10, 2018}}</ref> Reviewer Rick Kogan praised Downey with doing "a surprisingly fine job in the demanding title role",<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-10-11-9104010795-story.html|title=2 Hours Too Long: Mini-series On Jackie Kennedy Done In Pop-psych Pastels|date=October 11, 1991|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|first=Rick|last=Kogan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210122347/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-10-11-9104010795-story.html|archive-date=December 10, 2018}}</ref> while Howard Rosenberg lamented Downey's performance failing to "pierce this thick glaze of superficiality".<ref>{{cite news|first=Howard|last=Rosenberg|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-11-ca-64-story.html|title=TV REVIEW : NBC's 'Jackie': Oh, No|date=October 11, 1991|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223100817/https://articles.latimes.com/1991-10-11/entertainment/ca-64_1_life-jackie|archive-date=December 23, 2010|access-date=February 18, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Ability (magazine)|Ability]]'' credited the role with raising Downey's profile.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abilitymagazine.com/Roma_Downey.html|title=Interview with Roma Downey|first=Chet|last=Cooper|work=[[Ability (magazine)|Ability]]|archive-date=October 25, 2016|access-date=June 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025192541/http://www.abilitymagazine.com/Roma_Downey.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1992, the miniseries won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/01/news/1992-emmy-winners.html|title=1992 Emmy Winners|date=September 1, 1992|newspaper=The New York Times|archive-date=October 2, 2013|access-date=September 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002203335/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/01/news/1992-emmy-winners.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Rhoda Griffis]] portrays Jacqueline Kennedy in the 1992 film ''[[Love Field (film)|Love Field]]'', set shortly before and in the aftermath of JFK's assassination.<ref>{{cite book|title=Screen World 1993, Vol. 44 (John Willis Screen World) |page=140|year=2000|first=John|last=Willis|publisher=Applause Theatre & Cinema Books|isbn=978-1-55783-175-0 }}</ref> It was Griffis's feature film debut.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/jackie-kennedy-16-actresses-who-have-played-first-lady-951896/item/rhoda-griffis-1992-jackie-kennedy-actresses-951936|title=Jackie Kennedy: 16 Actresses Who Have Played the Former First Lady|first=Patrick|last=Shanley|date=December 1, 2016|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=February 18, 2020|archive-date=August 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803090104/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/jackie-kennedy-16-actresses-who-have-played-first-lady-951896/item/rhoda-griffis-1992-jackie-kennedy-actresses-951936|url-status=live}}</ref> Griffis said she had been told by her orthodontist of her resemblance to Kennedy and was cast as her upon walking into the auditions for the role.<ref>{{cite news|first=Elizabeth Schulte|last=Roth|url=https://www.modernluxury.com/atlanta/story/class-act|title=Class Act|date=November 16, 2012|work=The Atlantan|publisher=Modern Luxury|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521021715/https://www.modernluxury.com/atlanta/story/class-act|archive-date=May 21, 2018|access-date=June 24, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Sally Taylor-Isherwood]], [[Emily VanCamp]], and [[Joanne Whalley]] portray Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in the 2000 television miniseries ''Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis'', covering chronologically her entire life.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/kennedy-movies|title=Kennedy Movies|date=April 29, 2010|website=The Daily Beast|archive-date=August 9, 2020|access-date=June 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809090059/https://www.thedailybeast.com/kennedy-movies|url-status=live}}</ref> Whalley prepared for the role by listening to recordings of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's voice along with working with a dialect coach; by the end of production, she developed an attachment to her.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-nov-03-ca-46164-story.html|title=They're Feeling Protective About Jackie|date=November 3, 2000|first=Paul|last=Brownfield|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224205920/https://articles.latimes.com/2000/nov/03/entertainment/ca-46164|archive-date=December 24, 2012|access-date=February 18, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Laura Fries assessed Whalley as lacking Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's charisma despite being "soulful and regal" in her own right<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2000/tv/reviews/jackie-bouvier-kennedy-onassis-1200465684/|title=Review: 'Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis'|first=Laura|last=Fries|date=November 1, 2000|work=Variety}}</ref> while Ron Wertheimer viewed Whalley as being passive in the role and lamented "the filmmakers render Jackie as [[Forrest Gump]] in a pillbox hat, someone who keeps passing close to the center of things without really touching β or being touched by β very much."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/03/movies/tv-weekend-rule-no-1-smile-appear-cool-and-detached-always.html|title=TV WEEKEND; Rule No. 1: Smile. Appear Cool and Detached. Always.|first=Ron|last=Wertheimer|date=November 3, 2000|newspaper=The New York Times|archive-date=December 24, 2017|access-date=September 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224042309/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/03/movies/tv-weekend-rule-no-1-smile-appear-cool-and-detached-always.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Stephanie Romanov]] portrays Jacqueline Kennedy in the 2000 film ''[[Thirteen Days (film)|Thirteen Days]]'', taking place during the Cuban Missile Crisis.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/thirteendays/|title=Thirteen Days|publisher=pluggedin.com|archive-date=May 9, 2017|access-date=June 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509161912/http://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/thirteendays/|url-status=live}}</ref> Philip French of ''[[The Guardian]]'' noted her small role and being out of "the loop" was accurate of women's roles in "the early Sixties".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/News_Story/Critic_Review/Observer_review/0,,458550,00.html|title=Thirteen Days|date=March 18, 2001|first=Philip|last=French|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> Laura Clifford called Romanov "unconvincing" in the role.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reelingreviews.com/thirteendays.htm |title=Thirteen Days |publisher=Reeling Reviews |access-date=August 16, 2020 |archive-date=August 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818062021/https://www.reelingreviews.com/thirteendays.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Jill Hennessy]] portrays Jacqueline Kennedy in the 2001 television film ''Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-mar-03-ca-32513-story.html|title=Kennedy Tragedies Revisited in Weepy 'Women of Camelot'|first=Howard|last=Rosenberg|date=March 3, 2001|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|archive-date=November 27, 2024|access-date=August 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127200436/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-mar-03-ca-32513-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-sep-16-tv-46225-story.html|title=Familiar Faces in New Places|date=September 16, 2001|first=Emmanuelle|last=Soichet|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|archive-date=April 25, 2025|access-date=August 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250425053418/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-sep-16-tv-46225-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Hennessy prepared for the performance by watching hours of archival footage of Kennedy and cited one of the reasons for her favoring of the miniseries was its distinctiveness in not focusing "strictly on the men or only on Jackie".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2001/03/04/kennedy-women/|title=Kennedy Women: Miniseries Views Tragedy-plagued Lives Of Camelot|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|first=Jay|last=Bobbin|date=March 4, 2001|archive-date=April 25, 2025|access-date=September 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250425132024/https://www.chicagotribune.com/2001/03/04/kennedy-women/|url-status=live}}</ref> Reviewers Anita Gates<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/03/arts/television-review-back-to-the-kennedy-well-with-a-focus-on-the-women.html|title=TELEVISION REVIEW; Back to the Kennedy Well, With a Focus on the Women|date=March 3, 2001|newspaper=The New York Times|archive-date=May 5, 2018|access-date=September 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505204655/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/03/arts/television-review-back-to-the-kennedy-well-with-a-focus-on-the-women.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and Terry Kelleher<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-jackie-ethel-joan-women-of-camelot-vol-55-no-9/|title=Picks and Pans Review: Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot|date=March 5, 2001|magazine=People|access-date=June 24, 2017|archive-date=May 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505135327/http://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-jackie-ethel-joan-women-of-camelot-vol-55-no-9/|url-status=live}}</ref> believed Hennessy brought "elegance" to the role while Steve Oxman panned the performance: "Hennessy simply doesn't possess the right natural grace. But this pic has a habit of telling us more that [sic] it shows us, and the actress manages to communicate the most important elements of the story without ever making it especially convincing."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2001/tv/reviews/jackie-ethel-joan-women-of-camelot-1200467559/|title=Review: 'Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot'|first=Steve|last=Oxman|date=March 1, 2001|magazine=Variety|access-date=December 15, 2017|archive-date=May 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505135233/https://variety.com/2001/tv/reviews/jackie-ethel-joan-women-of-camelot-1200467559/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Jacqueline Bisset]] portrays Jacqueline Kennedy in the 2003 film ''[[America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/280692/America-s-Prince-The-John-F-Kennedy-Jr-Story/overview |title=America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story (2003) |access-date=October 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505050130/https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/280692/America-s-Prince-The-John-F-Kennedy-Jr-Story/overview |archive-date=May 5, 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |author=Hal Erickson |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Bisset said the glasses she used during the film were holdovers from a prior role in ''[[The Greek Tycoon]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/958257/JFK-Jr-movie-just-plain-bad.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114073657/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/958257/JFK-Jr-movie-just-plain-bad.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 14, 2018|title=JFK Jr. movie just plain bad|first=Scott D.|last=Pierce|newspaper=Deseret News|date=January 9, 2003}}</ref> Neil Genzlinger thought Bisset "should have known better" in taking on the role<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/11/arts/television-review-the-son-of-a-famous-father-best-known-for-his-name.html|title=TELEVISION REVIEW; The Son of a Famous Father, Best Known for His Name|date=January 11, 2003|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Neil|last=Genzlinger}}</ref> while Kristen Tauer wrote Bisset portraying Kennedy as a mother was a "different central light than many proceeding films".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://wwd.com/eye/people/jackie-kennedy-actresses-natalie-portman-katie-holmes-ginnifer-goodwin-jfk-10711914/|title=Before Natalie Portman, These Actresses Have Also Portrayed Jackie Kennedy|first=Kristen|last=Tauer|date=November 23, 2016|magazine=Women's Wear Daily}}</ref> [[Jeanne Tripplehorn]] portrays Jacqueline Kennedy in the 2009 film ''[[Grey Gardens (2009 film)|Grey Gardens]]'' for a single scene.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/film-grey-dc-idUSN0532834620071106|title=Tripplehorn adds color to 'Grey Gardens'|date=November 5, 2007|work=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://nymag.com/arts/tv/reviews/55972/|title=Hampton Gothic|date=April 12, 2009|first=Emily|last=Nussbaum|work=New York}}</ref> Tripplehorn said questions she had about [[Edith Bouvier Beale]] that she thought would be answered by being a part of the film remained unresolved.<ref>{{cite news|title='Grey Gardens,' Back Story Included| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/arts/television/12roht.html|date=April 7, 2009|first=Larry|last=Rohter|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> Tripplehorn received diverse reactions to her performance<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/television/2009/04/decaying_preppies.html|title=Decaying Preppies|first=Troy|last=Patterson|date=April 17, 2009|magazine=Slate}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-apr-18-et-grey-gardens18-story.html|title=Grey Gardens|date=April 18, 2009|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=David|last=Wiegand|date=April 18, 2009|work=San Francisco Chronicle|url=http://www.sfgate.com/tv/article/TV-review-Drew-Barrymore-in-Grey-Gardens-3244404.php|title=TV review: Drew Barrymore in 'Grey Gardens' }}</ref> while Brian Lowry noted her resemblance to Kennedy and small role.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2009/tv/reviews/grey-gardens-2-1200474581/|title=Review: 'Grey Gardens'|date=April 9, 2009|magazine=Variety|first=Brian|last=Lowry}}</ref> [[Katie Holmes]] portrays Jacqueline Kennedy in the 2011 miniseries ''[[The Kennedys (TV miniseries)|The Kennedys]]'', set during the Kennedy presidency and its 2017 sequel ''[[The Kennedys: After Camelot]]'', focusing on her life after 1968.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |url=https://deadline.com/2014/10/katie-holmes-the-kennedys-after-camelot-miniseries-jackie-o-reelz-850124/ |title=Katie Holmes To Return As Jackie O In 'The Kennedys: After Camelot' Reelz Mini |magazine=Deadline Hollywood |date=October 13, 2014 |access-date=April 12, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kennedys-camelot-stars-katie-holmes-matthew-perry-playing-icons-familys-legacy-986763|first=Lexy|last=Perez|title=Camelot' Premiere: Katie Holmes, Matthew Perry on Playing Icons and the Family's Legacy|date=March 16, 2017|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> Mary McNamara<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2011-apr-01-la-et-kennedys-review-20110401-story.html|title=Television review: 'The Kennedys'|first=Mary|last=McNamara|date=April 1, 2011|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> and Hank Stuever<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/tv-review-about-the-kennedys-like-the-kennedys-but-never-fully-the-kennedys/2011/03/30/AFHzXQCC_story.html|title=TV review: About the Kennedys, like the Kennedys, but never fully 'The Kennedys'|first=Hank|last=Stuever|date=March 31, 2011|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> regarded Holmes's performance with neutrality in their reviews of ''The Kennedys'' while Hadley Freeman called her "bloodless" in the role.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/04/the-kennedys-old-ground-jfk|title=The Kennedys retreads of old grounds in life and lore of JFK|first=Hadley|last=Freeman|author-link=Hadley Freeman|newspaper=The Guardian|date=April 4, 2011}}</ref> Holmes stated reprising the role was a "bigger challenge" for having to act through later periods of Kennedy's life.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2017/01/13/katie-holmes-compares-her-jackie-natalie-portmans/96536806/|title=Katie Holmes compares her 'Jackie' to Natalie Portman's|first=Robert|last=Bianco|date=January 13, 2017|newspaper=USA Today}}</ref> When asked of the concurrent ''Jackie'' film, Holmes said, "I think its [sic] really exciting. It's [sic] just is a testament to how amazing Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was and how much she meant to our country."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/katie-holmes-talks-reprising-jackie-kennedy-role-964113 |title=Katie Holmes Talks Reprising Jackie Kennedy Role After 'Jackie': There's Room for Both|first=Kate|last=Stanhope|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 13, 2017}}</ref> Holmes also stated both should be watched due to covering different periods of Jackie's life.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.startribune.com/matthew-perry-on-ted-kennedy-by-far-the-most-challenging-role-i-ve-ever-played/417681843/|title=Matthew Perry on Ted Kennedy: "By far the most challenging role I've ever played"|date=March 30, 2017|work=Star Tribune}}</ref> In ''The Kennedys: After Camelot'', Holmes's performance was viewed favorably by Daniel Feinberg<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/kennedys-camelot-review-990468|title='The Kennedys: After Camelot': TV Review|date=March 31, 2017|first=Daniel|last=Feinberg|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> and Allison Keane<ref>{{cite news|url=https://collider.com/the-kennedys-after-camelot-review-katie-holmes/#images|title='The Kennedys β After Camelot' Review: Katie Holmes, Matthew Perry Take on Accents, Accountability|first=Allison|last=Keane|date=March 31, 2017|work=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]}}</ref> while Kristi Turnquist panned her.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/tv/2017/04/the_kennedys_after_camelot_bur.html|title='The Kennedys: After Camelot' buries Katie Holmes, Matthew Perry in bad wigs and lousy writing (review)|date=April 1, 2017|work=The Oregonian|first=Kristi|last=Turnquist}}</ref> [[Minka Kelly]] portrays Jacqueline Kennedy in the 2013 film ''[[The Butler]]'', giving the film's protagonist Cecil one of her husband's neckties after his assassination.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minka-kelly-to-play-jackie-kennedy-in-the-butler/|title=Minka Kelly to play Jackie Kennedy in 'The Butler'|first=Jessica|last=Derschowitz|date=May 25, 2012|publisher=CBS News}}</ref><ref name=Cress>{{cite magazine|url=http://people.com/celebrity/oprah-winfrey-minka-kelly-costar-in-the-butler/|title=Minka Kelly: 'I'm Not Worthy' of Acting with Oprah|date=February 8, 2013|first=Jennifer|last=Cress|magazine=People}}</ref> Kelly said she was intimidated and scared taking on the role.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/minka-kelly-it-was-intimidating-playing-jackie-kennedy-in-the-butler-32809|title=Minka Kelly: It Was "Intimidating" Playing Jackie Kennedy in 'The Butler'|work=[[Life & Style (magazine)|Life & Style]]|date=August 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118051640/http://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/minka-kelly-it-was-intimidating-playing-jackie-kennedy-in-the-butler-32809|archive-date=November 18, 2015|access-date=June 24, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Kelly admitted to having difficulty with perfecting Kennedy's voice, going "to sleep listening to her", and having discomfort with the wool clothing associated with the role.<ref name=Cress /> [[Ginnifer Goodwin]] portrays her in the 2013 television film ''[[Killing Kennedy (film)|Killing Kennedy]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/05/28/rob-lowe-to-play-jfk/ | title=Rob Lowe to play JFK in Nat Geo movie | author=Hibberd, James | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | date=May 28, 2013 | access-date=May 28, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528215848/http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/05/28/rob-lowe-to-play-jfk/ | archive-date=May 28, 2013 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2013/06/20/who-makes-a-better-jackie-kennedy-ginnifer-goodwin-or-katie-holmes-poll/|title=Who makes a better Jackie Kennedy: Ginnifer Goodwin or Katie Holmes? β POLL|date=June 20, 2013|first=Bronwyn|last=Barnes|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> Goodwin used intimate photos to better portray Jacqueline Kennedy and was concerned "to do her justice and to play her as accurately as possible without ever doing an impression of her".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2013/11/10/ginnifer-goodwin-killing-kennedy/3432713/|title=Ginnifer Goodwin channels Jackie Kennedy's intimate side|first=Brian|last=Truitt|date=November 10, 2013|newspaper=USA Today}}</ref> Costar [[Rob Lowe]] said of seeing Goodwin in the pink Chanel suit, "It made it real. If I were under any illusions about what we were doing, seeing her in that iconic moment was, I would say, sobering."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/killing-kennedy-co-star-ginnifer-goodwin-says-rob-lowe-was-channeling-jfk|date=November 8, 2013|title='Killing Kennedy': Co-star Ginnifer Goodwin says Rob Lowe was channeling JFK|publisher=Fox News}}</ref> Tom Carson wrote that Goodwin's "trademark vulnerability humanizes Jackie considerably"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gq.com/story/killing-kennedy-gq-review-tom-carson|title=The GQ Review: Killing Kennedys Is Way More Fun Than The Zillion Other JFK Biopics|first=Tom|last=Carson|work=GQ|date=November 8, 2013}}</ref> while Bruce Miller called her a miscast<ref>{{cite news|url=http://siouxcityjournal.com/entertainment/television/review-killing-kennedy-offers-respectful-but-grating-view-of-assassination/article_5536a56c-3c7d-5ba4-9e7a-9c9a9aa7fa04.html|title=Review: 'Killing Kennedy' offers respectful but grating view of assassination | date=November 9, 2013|first=Bruce|last=Miller|work=Sioux City Journal}}</ref> and Robert Lloyd<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-xpm-2013-nov-08-la-et-st-killing-kennedy-20131108-story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216224805/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/nov/08/entertainment/la-et-st-killing-kennedy-20131108|url-status=live|archive-date=December 16, 2013|title=Review: 'Killing Kennedy' is not the stuff of legend|date=November 8, 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|first=Robert|last=Lloyd}}</ref> and Brian Lowry<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2013/tv/reviews/tv-review-killing-kennedy-1200775724/|date=November 5, 2013|magazine=Variety|first=Brian|last=Lowry|title=TV Review: 'Killing Kennedy'}}</ref> panned her performance. [[Kim Allen (actress)|Kim Allen]] portrays Jacqueline Kennedy in the 2016 film ''[[LBJ (2016 film)|LBJ]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/lbj-kim-allen-jackie-kennedy-rob-reiner-1201574133/|first=Dave|last=McNary|title=Kim Allen Cast as Jackie Kennedy in Rob Reiner's 'LBJ'|date=August 19, 2015|magazine=Variety}}</ref> Ray Bennett noted in his review of the film that Allen was in a non-speaking role.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thecliffedge.com/?p=8719|title=TIFF FILM REVIEW: Rob Reiner's 'LBJ'|date=September 15, 2016|publisher=thecliffedge.com}}</ref> [[Natalie Portman]] portrays Jacqueline Kennedy in the 2016 film ''[[Jackie (2016 film)|Jackie]]'', set during the JFK presidency and the immediate aftermath of the assassination.<ref name="Portman">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/markets-festivals/natalie-portman-jackie-kennedy-darren-aronofsky-pablo-larrain-insiders-1201495805/|title=Natalie Portman to Star as Jacqueline Kennedy in New Drama (EXCLUSIVE)|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=John|last=Hopewell|date=May 14, 2015|access-date=June 15, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-en-mn-natalie-portman-jackie-oscars-20170126-story.html|title=Natalie Portman's four steps β some simple, some not β to becoming Jackie Kennedy |date=January 26, 2017|first=Glenn|last=Whipp|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> Portman admitted being intimidated taking the role and doing research in preparation for filming.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.in/How-Natalie-Portman-prepared-for-her-Oscar-worthy-performance-as-Jackie-Kennedy/articleshow/54319281.cms|title=How Natalie Portman prepared for her Oscar-worthy performance as Jackie Kennedy|first=Jason|last=Gurrrasio|work=[[Business Insider]]|date=September 14, 2016|access-date=October 9, 2016}}</ref> Nigel M. Smith wrote that by portraying Kennedy, Portman was "taking on arguably the biggest challenge of her career".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/08/natalie-portman-jackie-onassis|title=Natalie Portman: bringing Jackie Onassis back to life|first=Nigel M.|last=Smith|newspaper=The Guardian|date=January 8, 2017}}</ref> Manohla Dargis,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/01/movies/jackie-review-natalie-portman.html|title='Jackie': Under the Widow's Weeds, a Myth Marketer|date=December 1, 2016|first=Manohla|last=Dargis|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> David Edelstein,<ref>{{cite news|first=David|last=Edelstein|url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/11/movie-review-jackie.html|title=Jackie Is Brutally Intimate and Admirably Brittle|date=December 1, 2016|work=Vulture}}</ref> and Peter Bradshaw<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jan/19/jackie-review-natalie-portman-kennedy-assassination|title=Jackie review β Natalie Portman intelligent and poised as JFK's widow|date=January 19, 2017|first=Peter|last=Bradshaw|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> praised her performance. Portman was nominated for Best Actress by [[Academy Awards]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-38973904/natalie-portman-on-her-oscar-nomination-for-jackie-role|title=Natalie Portman on her Oscar nomination for Jackie role|date=February 20, 2017|publisher=BBC}}</ref> [[AACTA Awards]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-07/nicole-kidman-mel-gibson-la-la-land-aacta-international-awards/8168062|title=Nicole Kidman, Mel Gibson win AACTA international awards ahead of Golden Globes|date=January 7, 2017|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> [[Alliance of Women Film Journalists|AWFJ]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://awfj.org/eda-awards-2/2016-awfj-eda-award-nominees/ |title=2016 AWFJ EDA Award Nominees |first=Jennifer |last=Merin |publisher=[[Alliance of Women Film Journalists]] |date=December 16, 2016 |access-date=December 17, 2016}}</ref> [[Austin Film Critics Association|AFCA]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://awardswatch.com/news/austin-film-critics-association-afca-nominations-the-handmaiden-lands-top-mentions-trevante-rhodes-double-nominated/ |title=Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) Nominations: The Handmaiden Lands Top Mentions, Trevante Rhodes Double Nominated |first=Erik |last=Anderson |newspaper=Awardswatch |publisher=AwardsWatch.com |date=December 15, 2016 |access-date=December 15, 2016}}</ref> and [[Boston Society of Film Critics|BSFC]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/component/content/article/148-cfca-nominees-2016 |title=The 2016 Chicago Film Critics Association Award Nominees |date=December 11, 2016 |publisher=[[Chicago Film Critics Association]] |access-date=December 12, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220200944/http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/component/content/article/148-cfca-nominees-2016 |archive-date=December 20, 2016 }}</ref> and won the category by the [[Online Film Critics Society]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ofcs.org/awards/2016-awards-20th-annual/ |title=20th Annual Online Film Critics Society Awards Nominations |publisher=[[Online Film Critics Society]] |date=December 27, 2016|access-date=December 27, 2016}}</ref> [[Jodi Balfour]] portrays Jacqueline Kennedy in the 2017 eighth episode of the second season of [[Netflix]]'s drama series, ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]'', titled "Dear Mrs. Kennedy", set during the June 1961 visit of the Kennedy couple to [[Buckingham Palace]] and the immediate reaction to the [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Gaudette|first=Emily|url=http://www.newsweek.com/jackie-kennedy-queen-elizabeth-751474|title=The Queen and Jackie Kennedy's Blood-covered Dress: Did Elizabeth Really Meet Jacqueline Onassis?|newspaper=[[Newsweek]]|date=December 18, 2017|access-date=December 23, 2017}}</ref>
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