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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Holly Bishop

Bridgerton star says fight training for acting roles helped her tackle phone snatcher

A Bridgerton star who successfully fought off a phone snatcher says fight training for acting roles helped her during the altercation.

Genevieve Chenneour, 27, who plays Clara Livingston in the Netflix period drama, was waiting for a coffee at a Kensington branch of Joe and the Juice when 18-year-old Zacariah Boulares, of Fawns Manor Close, Feltham, snuck up behind her and grabbed her phone on 8 February.

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