{"id":5721,"date":"2025-07-05T17:23:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T09:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=5721"},"modified":"2025-07-05T17:23:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T09:23:46","slug":"janis-joplin-biopic-actresses-whove-been-set-to-play-the-singer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=5721","title":{"rendered":"Janis Joplin biopic: Actresses who&#8217;ve been set to play the singer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was revealed this week that Michelle Williams is in talks to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/article\/2016\/10\/11\/michelle-williams-janis-joplin-biopic\/\">play singer Janis Joplin<\/a>&nbsp;in a biopic entitled&nbsp;<em>Janis,&nbsp;<\/em>to be directed by&nbsp;<em>Martha Marcy May Marlene&nbsp;<\/em>helmer Sean Durkin \u2014 but the Oscar nominee is far from the first actress to be attached to a project involving Joplin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\">Since the late &#8217;90s, actresses and singers from the late Brittany Murphy to&nbsp;<em>New Girl<\/em>&nbsp;star Zooey Deschanel and beyond have been tapped to play the famed vocalist, who died of an overdose in 1970 at the age of 27. Below we&#8217;ve listed all the women who have been slated to play Joplin at some point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_87 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=5721\/#Amy_Adams\" >Amy Adams<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=5721\/#Courtney_Love\" >Courtney Love<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=5721\/#Nina_Arianda\" >Nina Arianda<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=5721\/#Reese_Witherspoon\" >Reese Witherspoon<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=5721\/#Zooey_Deschanel\" >Zooey Deschanel<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=5721\/#Pink\" >Pink<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=5721\/#Renee_Zellweger\" >Renee Zellweger<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=5721\/#Laura_Theodore\" >Laura Theodore<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=5721\/#Lili_Taylor\" >Lili Taylor<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=5721\/#Brittany_Murphy\" >Brittany Murphy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=5721\/#Melissa_Etheridge\" >Melissa Etheridge<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\"><span id=\"amy-adams\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Amy_Adams\"><\/span><strong>Amy Adams<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\">It was reported in 2010 that Adams&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/article\/2010\/07\/19\/janis-joplin-biopic-will-the-amy-adams-version-really-make-it-to-the-big-screen\/\">was attached to play Joplin<\/a>&nbsp;in the film&nbsp;<em>Get It While You Can<\/em>. A cycle of directors have been in in and out of the project, including Fernando Meirelles (<em>City of God<\/em>) in 2010 and Lee Daniels (<em>The Butler<\/em>) in 2012. Jean-Marc Vall\u00e9e (<em>Dallas Buyers&#8217; Club, Wild<\/em>) was most recently signed on to direct, but the project came to a halt in March 2015 when it became&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/article\/2015\/03\/20\/surprise-joplin-biopic-encounters-more-trouble\/\">mired in legal trouble<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\"><span id=\"courtney-love\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Courtney_Love\"><\/span><strong>Courtney Love<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\">Love reportedly was attached at one point to a Joplin biopic&nbsp;<em>Piece of My Heart<\/em>. In 2013, the singer told&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/courtney-love-songs-biopic_n_3644896\">Huffington Post<\/a><\/em>, &#8220;I was offered to play Janis Joplin. I&#8217;m prettier than Janis Joplin so it&#8217;s always like that. Whatever.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\"><span id=\"nina-arianda\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nina_Arianda\"><\/span><strong>Nina Arianda<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\">The Tony-winning actress was originally set to star as the singer in Durkin&#8217;s&nbsp;<em>Joplin<\/em>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2012\/07\/janis-joplin-film-casting-nina-arianda-tony-winner-sean-durkin-directing-297649\/\">December 2012<\/a>. Production reportedly was to have begun in early 2013, with Ariana said to be singing Joplin&#8217;s music in the film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\"><span id=\"reese-witherspoon\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reese_Witherspoon\"><\/span><strong>Reese Witherspoon<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\">There was talk around 2007 that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/article\/2010\/07\/19\/janis-joplin-biopic-will-the-amy-adams-version-really-make-it-to-the-big-screen\/\">Witherspoon might team up<\/a>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<em>Twilight<\/em>&nbsp;director Catherine Hardwicke to bring Joplin&#8217;s story to the screen, but things never got very far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\"><span id=\"zooey-deschanel\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Zooey_Deschanel\"><\/span><strong>Zooey Deschanel<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\">The&nbsp;<em>New Girl<\/em>&nbsp;star signed on to star as Joplin in&nbsp;<em>The Gospel According to Janis<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/article\/2006\/09\/29\/janis-joplins-biopic-gets-green-light\/\">in 2006<\/a>. Penelope Spheeris (<em>Wayne&#8217;s World<\/em>) was set to direct the film when it was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtv.com\/news\/shekb8\/zooey-deschanel-says-janis-joplin-biopic-is-on-hold-for-now\">put on hold in 2007<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\"><span id=\"pink\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pink\"><\/span><strong>Pink<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\">Before Deschanel entered the picture, the pop singer&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2004\/film\/markets-festivals\/joplin-biopic-in-the-pink-1117902770\/\">was attached to star<\/a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>The Gospel According to Janis<\/em>&nbsp;with Spheeris in 2004.&nbsp;<em>Gospel<\/em>&nbsp;was one of two Janis Joplin pictures in a race to get into production at the time, but neither ended up making it to the silver screen. Pink reportedly dropped out after hearing Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, and Scarlett Johansson were also considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\"><span id=\"renee-zellweger\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Renee_Zellweger\"><\/span><strong>Renee Zellweger<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\">Zellweger wanted to star and produce&nbsp;<em>Piece of My Heart<\/em>&nbsp;with Lakeshore Entertainment in 2003. The project never got much further off the ground despite being in competition with Spheeris&#8217;&nbsp;<em>The Gospel According to Janis<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\"><span id=\"laura-theodore\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Laura_Theodore\"><\/span><strong>Laura Theodore<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\">Theodore already played Janis Joplin in an Off-Broadway play called&nbsp;<em>Love, Janis<\/em>. The play was based off of the singer&#8217;s letters and written by her sister Laura Joplin.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2010\/aug\/07\/janis-joplin-biopic\">In 1999<\/a>, Theodore was to play Joplin again in the play&#8217;s film adaptation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_29-0\"><span id=\"lili-taylor\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lili_Taylor\"><\/span><strong>Lili Taylor<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\">Taylor was going to star in&nbsp;<em>Janis<\/em>&nbsp;in 1999, but nothing ultimately came of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_32-0\"><span id=\"brittany-murphy\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Brittany_Murphy\"><\/span><strong>Brittany Murphy<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_33-0\">The late actress was also attached to portray Joplin back&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2010\/aug\/07\/janis-joplin-biopic\">in 1999<\/a>. Gary Fleder (<em>Runway Jury<\/em>) was to direct&nbsp;<em>Piece of My Heart<\/em>, which stalled due to issues with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/obituaries\/brittany-murphy-actress-whose-versatility-matched-her-jolie-laide-looks-1847248.html\">music rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_35-0\"><span id=\"melissa-etheridge\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Melissa_Etheridge\"><\/span><strong>Melissa Etheridge<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The singer was to play Joplin in Gary Fleder&#8217;s&nbsp;<em>Piece of My Heart<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtv.com\/news\/78w30d\/melissa-etheridge-might-play-janis-in-film\">in 1996<\/a>. Etheridge was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtv.com\/news\/ok18g2\/melissa-etheridge-passes-on-joplin-film\">no longer attached<\/a>&nbsp;to the film in 1998 before Murphy&#8217;s involvement began the following year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was revealed this week that Michelle Williams is in talks to&nbsp;play singer Janis Joplin&nbsp;in a biopic entitled&nbsp;Janis,&nbsp;to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-musician"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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