Jennifer Lopez To Star As Late Female Drug Lord In Upcoming HBO Picture

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez is set to star as the late drug lord Griselda Blanco in an upcoming HBO biopic about the woman known as “The Godmother” and the “Queen of Cocaine.”

The singer and actress told The Hollywood Reporter that  she has “been fascinated by the life of this corrupt and complicated woman for many years.” Lopez will also produce the film.

Blanco was killed in Colombia in 2012. She was among the first Colombian women to traffic cocaine to the United States in the 1970s and 1980s. She had been deported back to Colombia in 2004 after serving nearly 20 years behind bars in the U.S. for drug trafficking and three drug-related killings.

No word on when this will air yet.

 

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