Billie Eilish set for film debut in adaptation of Plath's "The Bell Jar"

Billie Eilish is preparing for her first leading role in film. According to a report by Deadline, the American singer could play the central figure in the film adaptation of “The Bell Jar”, the semi-autobiographical novel by American poet Sylvia Plath, published in 1963 under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas.

The film will be directed by Sarah Polley, who won the Oscar in 2023 for "Women Talking." The project will be distributed in the United States by Focus Features.

This would mark Eilish's first major film role. So far, the singer has only appeared as an actress in the 2023 television series "Swarm." During a monologue on Saturday Night Live, she opened up about her relationship with acting: "I used to say I hated acting, but actually I loved it as a kid. My parents are actors, and so is my brother Finneas. My dream was to act in a movie."

"The Bell Jar" remains Sylvia Plath's only novel. It was published in 1963, just a month before the writer's suicide at the age of thirty. The book follows a young aspiring writer as she grapples with severe mental illness in 1950s America.

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