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Jodie Turner-Smith

Jodie Turner-Smithfilmed her latest film project,Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse,while pregnant with her first child — a task that was no easy feat.TheQueen and Slimactress, 34, was in her second trimester while shooting the film alongside costarMichael B. Jordan, before welcoming her daughter with husbandJoshua Jacksonin April 2020.In a recent interview withVariety,she opened up about the difficulty of having to film the underwater scenes for the film, in which she plays Lt. Commander Karen Greer, a Navy SEAL and Clark’s (Jordan) former team member. The new movie premiered on Amazon Prime Video Friday.“I don’t know if you know this, but when you are pregnant, it’s very hard to hold your breath,” Turner-Smith told the outlet. “So, I had unique challenges that my co-stars didn’t have.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Speaking with PEOPLE last month, the star shared that “being a pregnant persontaught me to advocate even harder for myself.““I learned so much about myself,” she said. “There were definitely times where I was like, ‘Well, I really think maybe I’m in over my head here.’ I just really got down to business and pushed through. I’m so excited to share that eventually with my daughter, like, ‘I was pregnant with you when I did that.'“Now that she’s in the process of raising her daughter with Jackson, whom she wed in 2019, the British actress and model said she carries herself differently in the world. “My child is watching,” she explained.“I have to, in my ways, show her how to be a person that loves themself,” Turner-Smith continued. “Loving yourself means having boundaries, means standing up for yourself, means standing up for what’s right in the world. We’re seeing so many things happen in the world that are not right.“Without Remorseis now available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.

Jodie Turner-Smithfilmed her latest film project,Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse,while pregnant with her first child — a task that was no easy feat.

TheQueen and Slimactress, 34, was in her second trimester while shooting the film alongside costarMichael B. Jordan, before welcoming her daughter with husbandJoshua Jacksonin April 2020.

In a recent interview withVariety,she opened up about the difficulty of having to film the underwater scenes for the film, in which she plays Lt. Commander Karen Greer, a Navy SEAL and Clark’s (Jordan) former team member. The new movie premiered on Amazon Prime Video Friday.

“I don’t know if you know this, but when you are pregnant, it’s very hard to hold your breath,” Turner-Smith told the outlet. “So, I had unique challenges that my co-stars didn’t have.”

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Speaking with PEOPLE last month, the star shared that “being a pregnant persontaught me to advocate even harder for myself.”

“I learned so much about myself,” she said. “There were definitely times where I was like, ‘Well, I really think maybe I’m in over my head here.’ I just really got down to business and pushed through. I’m so excited to share that eventually with my daughter, like, ‘I was pregnant with you when I did that.'”

Now that she’s in the process of raising her daughter with Jackson, whom she wed in 2019, the British actress and model said she carries herself differently in the world. “My child is watching,” she explained.

“I have to, in my ways, show her how to be a person that loves themself,” Turner-Smith continued. “Loving yourself means having boundaries, means standing up for yourself, means standing up for what’s right in the world. We’re seeing so many things happen in the world that are not right.”

Without Remorseis now available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.

source: people.com