MELISSA LEO JOINS THE BETTY ANN CLUB
Oscar-nominee Melissa Leo has joined the cast of indie drama Betty Ann Waters, alongside Hilary Swank, Minnie Driver and Sam Rockwell, Variety reports. Tony Goldwyn directs. The film centers on an unemployed single mother who saw her brother begin serving a life sentence in 1983 for murder and robbery. Convinced that he was innocent, she earned a law degree and challenged the conviction with DNA evidence, resulting in her brother being freed in 2001. Swank’s playing the title character, while Leo portrays the only woman officer at a local police station who’s trying to pin the murder on him.
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