Actor Julia Garner confirmed she’s playing superstar Madonna in the long-awaited biopic about the performer’s life.
“I can’t say too much about it, but yes, it’s a work in progress,” the 31-year-old told W Magazine in a video posted Wednesday.
Madonna first announced in 2020 that she would co-write, along with Diablo Cody, and direct a biopic about her life and career.
“I want to convey the incredible journey that life has taken me on as an artist, a musician, a dancer ― a human being, trying to make her way in this world,” Madonna said in a statement at the time. “The focus of this film will always be music. Music has kept me going and art has kept me alive. There are so many untold and inspiring stories and who better to tell it than me. It’s essential to share the roller coaster ride of my life with my voice and vision.”
Rumors had flown for years that Garner would portray the Queen of Pop in the biopic, but Universal Pictures shelved the project in 2023. Madonna then shared in a 2024 Instagram post that she was working on the script again, and this July, Garner said on the “Smartless” podcast that the film was “supposed to still happen” — without quite confirming that she’d landed the lead role.
