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Bridgerton actor reveals boxing training helped her fight off phone thief

Bridgerton star says fight training for acting roles helped her tackle phone snatcher
  • Genevieve Chenneour, 27, who plays Clara Livingston in Netflix's Bridgerton, successfully fought off a phone snatcher in Kensington on 8 February.
  • The phone snatcher was identified as 18-year-old Zacariah Boulares from Feltham.
  • Chenneour revealed on This Morning that her fight training for acting roles, as well as being an avid boxer, helped her to retrieve her phone.
  • Chenneour said that her quick reactions were also due to growing up with three brothers.
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