Aubrey Plaza is set to star as infamous '90s Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss in biopic "The Heidi Fleiss Story".

The Heidi Fleiss Story comes from Pinky Promise, the studio behind Pamela Anderson’s The Last Showgirl. The project marks Leah Rachel’s directorial debut, who created the Netflix series Chambers. Rachel directs from a script by Bottoms actress Rachel Sennott. Plaza produces through her studio, Evil Hag.

Fleiss became known in the 1990s for running a high-profile prostitution ring that catered to the rich and powerful of Los Angeles, including some in Hollywood. Her empire came crashing down in 1993, when she was arrested and charged with multiple counts, including pandering, and sentenced to prison. The film tracks Fleiss in the tense days leading up to her trial, as she navigates Los Angeles, using her web of connections to try to manipulate and blackmail her way out of the charges, with the assistance of an ambitious young writer named Jaclyn.

Plaza Most recently appearing in Ethan Coen’s Honey Don’t and Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, following lauded turns in Sundance’s My Old Ass and The White Lotus Season 2,

Source: Press Release