Jennifer Lawrence to Star in Zelda Fitzgerald Movie

Jennifer Lawrence is a talented actress with an Academy Award under her belt who is mostly known for her action movie roles, however, it seems like the actress wants much more than that. She now has two drama movies that are biopics in the line. One will be about Elizabeth Holmes (a bio-technology engineer who was banned form using a laboratory) in an upcoming movie titled Bad Blood and the other (It’s What I Do) will be about Lynsey Addario, a wartime photographer, one of the journalists held hostage by Libyan Army in 2011.

The news is Jennifer Lawrence has another biopic that she would star in the line. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Lawrence will be starring as Zelda Fitzgerald in the movie to be titled Zelda, directed by Ron Howard abd produced by Allison Shearmur and Brian Oliver. Lawrence will also be one of the producers.

The movie will be about Zelda’s life as the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald and her work as a novelist as well as her struggle against a mental illness.

 This will be the second time Lawrence will play the role of a mentally ill person with the first one being Silver Linings Playbook in 2012, which won her the Oscar for the Best Actress in a Leading Role.