Tony winner Annaleigh Ashford (You Can’t Take It With You) will star as Oscar-winning actress Judy Holliday in the upcoming biopic Smart Blonde, Deadline has confirmed.
Kirkwood said: “Judy Holiday’s story is one for the ages and yet so relatable within the context of today’s headlines.”
Ashford recently appeared in American Crime Story: Versace and previously starred Showtime’s Masters of Sex.
She later went on to star on Broadway in Born Yesterday and later won the Best Actress Oscar in the movie adaptation from George Cukor.