A much-anticipated documentary about the historical figure of Queen Cleopatra is premiers on Netflix this week. Here’s when to watch it.
When to watch and stream Queen Cleopatra on Netflix
Netflix will release Queen Cleopatra at 3 a.m. ET/12 a.m. PT on Wednesday, May 8. As usual, the streamer will drop the four installments in the miniseries all at once, so fans can binge-watch it or watch it on their own schedule. Each 45-minute-long episode will follow the life of the exceptional woman who ruled over Egypt 2,000 years ago.
The upcoming drama-documentary hails from BAFTA and Sundance-nominated director Tina Gharavi, whose credits include 2013’s I Am Nasrine. Jada Pinkett Smith executive produced the project together with Ben Goold and Jimmy Abounouom.
Queen Cleopatra stars Adele James as Cleopatra. James is best known for her role as Tina Mollet in the medical series Casualty, and her credits also feature Nate & Jamie, Doctors, The Corona Connections, and Acceptable Damage. James is the latest name to join the short-listed club of actresses who portraying Queen Cleopatra, a list that includes Elizabeth Taylor, Vivien Leigh, Sophia Loren, and Monica Bellucci, among others.
The Queen Cleopatra cast also features John Partridge as Julius Caesar, Craig Russell as Marc Antony, and Michael Greco as Cleopatra’s brother Pothinus.
“From Executive Producer Jada Pinkett Smith comes a documentary series exploring the lives of prominent and iconic African Queens. This season will feature Queen Cleopatra, the world’s most famous, powerful, and misunderstood woman — a daring queen whose beauty and romances came to overshadow her real asset: her intellect. Cleopatra’s heritage has been the subject of much academic debate, which has often been ignored by Hollywood. Now our series re-assesses this fascinating part of her story, her political brilliance, as well as questions surrounding her heritage, which remains the subject of debate.”
