Atlanta, GA 12/9/2010 1:41:06 AM
Oprah Winfrey is to star as a brothel madam in 'Ruined'.
The television personality - who is one of the richest women in the US
thanks to her huge media empire - will take the starring role of Mama
Nadi in the HBO film, an adaptation of the Lynn Nottage book of the
same name.
The novel tells the tale of a woman in war-torn Congo who tries to stop
the women working for her from getting caught in the war between rebel
armies and the country's government.
Nottage - who won a Pulitzer prize for the book - is adapting the screenplay for the project, while Oprah will produce the film.
Oprah, 56, has used her voice for a number of animated movie roles in
recent years, but has not starred in a film since 1998's 'Beloved'.
She is best known as an actress for her performance in 1985's 'The Color Purple'.
