Elizabeth Debicki to play Nancy Wake
Aussie to play the spy who became one of the most powerful leaders of the French Resistance.
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Aussie Elizabeth Debicki has been attached to an upcoming drama around WWII spy Nancy Wake.
Code Name Hélène will tell the epic real-life story of New Zealand-born journalist Nancy Wake who became a ferociously brave spy and one of the most powerful leaders of the French Resistance. The series will be told in interweaving timelines following each of the four code names used by Nancy during World War II.
The series will be produced by France’s Vendôme Group and Anonymous Contentv (True Detective, The Revenant), based on New York Times bestselling author Ariel Lawhon’s World War II spy thriller. A broadcaster is yet to be announced.
“Nancy Wake was an astonishing New Zealand-born, Australian-bred woman of incredible courage, ingenuity and wit. Her heroic actions during WWII are, in my opinion, too little known,” said Debicki. “As an Australian, I am delighted to come on board this production as both actress and executive producer to tell her utterly unique story.”
Debicki (The Night Manager, The Kettering Incident, The Great Gatsby) was recently cast as Princess Diana in Seasons 5 and 6 of The Crown.
Nancy Wake was previously a 1987 miniseries starring Noni Hazlehurst.
Source: Variety
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I was an extra in the Nancy Wake mini series in the 1980’s
Yes please. The more Debicki the better.
Nancy Wake was an absolutely amazing woman with a hell of a story, and Debicki is great, so I’m here for this.