Ellen Page to Star in Indie Iraq War Drama 'Lioness' (Exclusive) http://t.co/5OHeoJSGPbpic.twitter.com/Lqsco9OHzj
— THR Movies (@THRmovies) July 7, 2015Lioness is based off of the true story of Lance Corporal Leslie Martz, a US marine that was stationed in Haditha, Iraq.
In Afghanistan she was tasked with equipping Afghan women for independence but also secretly extracting information about their Taliban husbands. As a woman in the military, Martz also hid that she was gay.
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