Felicity Jones is set to star as Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a biopic about the Supreme Court Justice's life.

On The Basis Of Sex will be directed by Mimi Leder (The Leftovers, Shameless) and follows Ginsburg as she fights for equal rights throughout her entire law career, which began at Harvard and Columbia Law and led to Washington.

At one time Natalie Portman was consider to play Ginsburg in the feature, which was written by Daniel Stiepleman and was placed on the 2014 Black List.

Source: Press Release