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Article: de Rossi Plays Bessette in JFK Jr. Movie

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Portia de Rossi, who plays John F. Kennedy Jr.'s wife in a new TV movie, says she met Carolyn Bessette several times "and had a really good sense of who she was."

"She created this character who was quite cold and shy and aloof, which gave her an air of mystery and elegance, kind of befitting a royal character," de Rossi told The Associated Press. "She really charmed the pants off everybody who came into contact with her."

The TBS Superstation movie, "America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story," airs Sunday night.

Kennedy, his wife and sister-in-law, Lauren Bessette, died when a small ...

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