Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto is set to star in and executive produce Spy Princess, a limited series based on Shrabani Basu’s Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan, the definitive biography of Noor’s life, from writer Olivia Hetreed (Girl With a Pearl Earring) and Red Room Films.Hetreed will pen the adaptation based on the book, and Basu will serve as a consultant on the series.Noor was the first female wireless operator sent into occupied France in 1943 – a role with a life expectancy of just six weeks.“She was a fierce and amazing woman, the most unlikely heroine of World War 2,” Pinto said. “Sending women to the front line is controversial even now.
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