(L-R) Lindsay Utz, Michelle Walshe, and The Right Honourable Dame Jacinda Ardern attend the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of Prime Minister at Eccles Theatre on January 24, 2025, in Park City, UT. (Photo by George Pimentel/Shutterstock for Sundance Film Festival)
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(L-R) Lindsay Utz, Michelle Walshe, and The Right Honourable Dame Jacinda Ardern attend the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of Prime Minister at Eccles Theatre on January 24, 2025, in Park City, UT. (Photo by George Pimentel/Shutterstock for Sundance Film Festival)
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