Israeli Actress Noa Cohen Responds to Backlash About Her Playing Jesus’s Mother in Netflix Film ‘Mary’

Noa Cohen in the Netflix film “Mary.” Photo: Christopher Raphael/Netflix

Israeli actress Noa Cohen defended the decision to cast her as Mary of Nazareth, the mother of Jesus, in a new Netflix movie and also admitted she was not surprised about the social media uproar regarding the casting.

“I expected it but you know what, I feel like DJ [Caruso, the director], our producer, and the rest of the team did the best they could to stay as authentic as possible and they just wanted to...