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First Lady in mourning: Katie Holmes plays grieving Jackie Kennedy while filming JFK funeral scenes for her new mini-series in Canada


Katie Holmes has recreated one of the most heartbreaking moments in American history.

The actress filmed scenes as grieving widow Jackie Kennedy at the funeral of JFK while working on a mini-series about the presidential family.

The 31-year-old actress, who has spent the past month filming The Kennedys in Toronto, Canada, was dressed in a black shift dress, long leather gloves with the First Lady's signature bob.


Boy in blue: Katie's little co-star cut a familiar and moving figure


At one point she was seen clutching her solemn little co-star, who is playing John Kennedy Jr.

The President was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, and buried in Arlington Cemetery following a state funeral three days later.

An estimated one million Americans lined the streets for the procession in Washington, DC, while millions more tuned in on television.

Jackie and her two children, John Jr, three, and five-year-old Caroline, rode behind the hearse in a black car, accompanied by Robert and Edward Kennedy.


Heartbreaking moment in history: JFK Jr. saluted his father's casket while standing alongside Jacqueline and Caroline Kennedy at the 1963 funeral. Senator Ted Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy are seen behind them


One of the most moving moments of the day came when JFK Jr stepped forward as the coffin left the cathedral and put his hand to his forehead in salute.

Of course JFK Jr was also to die young, when the light aircraft he was piloting plunged into the Atlantic in 1999. His wife and sister-in-law also died.

Holmes' eight-hour TV series covers the rise of the family's political dynasty and JFK's controversial death.

She admits she has sought acting advice on the role from her husband Tom Cruise.

'I definitely come home and say to him, "So, imagine a scene… how would you play it?" And he's helpful and sweet and gracious,' she said in an interview with The New York Times.

The Kennedys, which also stars Greg Kinnear, is set to air in the U.S. next year on the History Channel.


In mourning: Katie Holmes played a grieving Jackie Kennedy while filming JFK funeral scenes for her new mini-series


A smile between takes: The actress was in good spirits on the set

source :dailymail