Billie Eilish In Talks To Make Film Acting Debut In New ‘The Bell Jar’ Adaptation
The “Birds of a Feather” hitmaker made her acting debut in 2022 in the television miniseries, Swarm.
BILLIE EILISH: Photographed by Amy Sussman / Getty Images
BILLIE EILISH: Photographed by Amy Sussman / Getty Images
Billie Eilish is set to make her film acting debut, being eyed to play the lead role in the upcoming adaptation of the Sylvia Plath novel, The Bell Jar.
The news follows her winning Song of the Year for “WILDFLOWER” at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards in February. This was Eilish’s 10th overall Grammy.
Meanwhile, Eilish made her acting debut in the 2022 Amazon Prime Video satirical thriller series, Swarm. This performance earned her the TV Performance of the Year at the 2024 People’s Choice Awards and got her nominated for Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series at the Independent Spirit Awards the same year. She also voiced herself in The Simpsons Disney+ short film, When Billie Met Lisa.
Directed by writer-filmmaker Sarah Polley (Women Talking), The Bell Jar is the sole novel written by Plath and was originally published under the pseudonym “Victoria Lucas” in 1963. The semi-autobiographical novel follows Esther Greenwood’s descent into mental illness during an internship in New York City in the 1950s — a parallel with Plath’s real-life experiences.
Notably, Plath died by suicide a month after the novel was first published in the UK.
Eilish is slowly building up her career in film and entertainment. Her 3D concert film, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR (Live in 3D), directed by Hollywood blockbuster filmmaker James Cameron, opens in Philippine cinemas on March 20.
