Two decades after Amy Winehouse began her ascent to music stardom, a movie based on her life is making its way to the big screen.
Last week, Focus Features released a photo of Marisa Abela as Winehouse in Back to Black , directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson. In the image, the actor sports Winehouses iconic beehive hairdo, arm tattoos and mole.
According to press notes, Back to Black is a biopic that crashes through the looking glass of celebrity to amplify the late singer-songwriters extraordinary genius, creativity and honesty that infused everything she did.
Abela, a British native, is best known to U.S. audiences for her portrayal of Yasmin Kara-Hanani in HBOs Industry . Shes set to appear alongside Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in Greta Gerwigs Barbie , due out this summer.
A release date for Back to Black has not yet been announced.