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Jess Alexander is The Little Mermaid’s shining femme fatale

Jess Alexander plays the human form of Melissa McCarthy’s temptress Ursula in Disney’s live-action version of The Little Mermaid. The South West Londoner does her own stunts, goes claw-to-claw with Halle Bailey’s Ariel, and is the “definition of a sexy female villain”.

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