Jenna Coleman to Play Miss Moneypenny's Real-Life Inspiration in Drama Series THE WAR ROOMS

Jenna Coleman ("The Serpent", "Dr. Who") is set to star as the lead in the upcoming TV drama series "The War Room" created by "Moving On" writer David Chidlow. The series is produced by David Parfitt, who also produced the Oscar-winning film "The Father".

Based on the memoir "The Inner Circle: A View of War at the Top", the series will chronicle the untold story of the women who lived, loved and triumphed in Winston Churchill's secret Whitehall bunker, and will focus on Joan Bright (Coleman), who started WWII as a secretary and ended it organizing the great Allied conferences. She was also a former girlfriend of James Bond author Ian Fleming and was thought to be one of the inspirations behind Miss Moneypenny. Each season will cover 12-18 months of the war – from the shock of the war's outbreak to sustaining the fight to the final push for victory and the battle to shape the modern Britain we know.

Coleman will also executive produce the series alongside Simon Mirren ("Spooks", "Criminal Minds") and Chidlow. The actress had the following to say about the project:

"Joan Bright was never going to live a conventional life – a young woman who lived her war days under the official secrets act, undercover and underground in the war rooms. This story is so compelling not only because of her unique and liberal mind, wryness of spirit and curiosity to live, but because of the opportunity to examine this endlessly fascinating period of time through an intimate and human lens. The closeness and proximity of days and nights lived within this small space, the carriers of the truth amidst the oblivion of propaganda above. The beauty and fragility of human connection when living through a time when no one knows what tomorrow will bring. I'm so excited to unearth these hidden lives and at a time where it feels so shockingly relevant right now."

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