Katie Holmes star in new biopic (The Watergate Girl)

Actress Katie Holmes has been selected to star in the new documentary film The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice against A Criminal President, the work based on the best-selling biography of the former Watergate Jill Wayne Banks, and Holmes will star in and produce the new project, according to For the report published on the website “Deadline”.

The Watergate Girl book was released in February of last year, about the story of a young woman who sought to leave her professional mark while stuck in a failed marriage, shocked by sexist ideas, and concealing her own secrets during a difficult time.

The story tells of Wayne Banks, a current legal analyst at MSNBC, who started her career as a public prosecutor for organized crime in the US Department of Justice which led to her being chosen as one of three assistant attorneys general at Watergate in obstructing a trial of justice against senior aides to President Nixon.

At the time, 30-year-old Jill Wayne Walker (as she was known at the time) was the only woman on the team to prosecute top White House officials. The press called her “the short skirt attorney” and fought occasional sex discrimination that day to receive The respect for her male counterparts.

“Although nearly 50 years have passed, our investigation and trial story remains compelling and relevant to current events,” said Wayne Banks, who has also served as a general counsel for the US military and executive vice president and director of operations for the American Bar Association. Reflected in my story resonates today, I hope this film opens more dialogue about the challenges women professionals still face.

”Actress Katie Holmes said, “I am drawn to this story because it is as relevant today as it was at the time, with women constantly trying to break through the glass ceiling in the men’s workplace and this woman alone helped reshape the Watergate trial, and these strong heroines have always inspired me,” And it’s a world that I always want to explore. “