--- description: Deadline reported on Thursday night that Jennifer Lawrence will be playing Holmes in a forthcoming biopic to be directed by Adam McKay. title: Jennifer Lawrence To Play Elizabeth Holmes In Theranos Movie image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte7004def7c40c97d/6988973f2dce017d1b9e96ae/gettyimages-529843452.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Jennifer Lawrence Will Play Elizabeth Holmes In A Movie About Theranos by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 10, 2016 8:40 AM CUT  Jennifer Lawrence attends a Global Fan Screening of "X-Men Apocalypse" at BFI IMAX on May 9, 2016 in London, England. Jennifer Lawrence attends a Global Fan Screening of "X-Men Apocalypse" at BFI IMAX on May 9, 2016 in London, England.Samir Hussein—WireImage/Getty Images by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 10, 2016 8:40 AM CUT For awhile, Theranos was the darling of Silicon Valley — a firm whose putatively revolutionary blood-testing device was evidence that the lucrative tech world could indeed forge humanitarian paths. But Theranos’ technology has been [discredited](http://time.com/4299943/the-theranos-downfall-was-inevitable/ "undefined") — not to mention subject to criminal investigation — and its founder, Elizabeth Holmes, once praised by Forbes as America’s richest self-made woman, has been disgraced. Earlier this month, Forbes [backpedaled](http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2016/06/01/from-4-5-billion-to-nothing-forbes-revises-estimated-net-worth-of-theranos-founder-elizabeth-holmes/#692a7732f29a "undefined"), placing the 32-year-old Holmes’ net worth at exactly zero. It’s a sensational story that is now the stuff of Hollywood drama. _Deadline_ [reported](http://deadline.com/2016/06/jennifer-lawrence-adam-mckay-theranos-medical-drama-project-1201769099/ "undefined") Thursday night that Jennifer Lawrence will be playing Holmes in a forthcoming biopic to be directed by Adam McKay. Once known as an auteur of the bro comedy — he directed _Step Brothers_ and _Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy,_ to name a few — McKay has successfully pivoted towards more serious filmmaking, thanks to the success of _The Big Short,_ his clever dramatization of the 2008 financial crisis. There’s no title yet for the film — some have wryly [suggested](https://twitter.com/nkulw/status/741022271246983170 "undefined") calling it “Blood Money” — and it has yet to be linked to a studio. _Variety_ [predicts](http://variety.com/2016/film/news/jennifer-lawrence-adam-mckay-medical-movie-1201792504/ "undefined") a bidding war. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4363919/jennifer-lawrence-adam-mckay-theranos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4363919/jennifer-lawrence-adam-mckay-theranos/"},"headline":"Jennifer Lawrence Will Play Elizabeth Holmes In A Movie About Theranos","datePublished":"2016-06-10T08:40:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:30:58.037Z","description":"Adam McKay will write and direct the film","url":"https://time.com/4363919/jennifer-lawrence-adam-mckay-theranos/","keywords":["movies","Jennifer Lawrence","Hollywood"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte7004def7c40c97d/6988973f2dce017d1b9e96ae/gettyimages-529843452.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nash Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte7004def7c40c97d/6988973f2dce017d1b9e96ae/gettyimages-529843452.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"X-Men Apocalypse\" - Global Fan Screening - Red Carpet Arrivals","caption":"\"X-Men Apocalypse\" - Global Fan Screening - Red Carpet Arrivals","creditText":"Samir Hussein—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4363919/jennifer-lawrence-adam-mckay-theranos/","name":"Jennifer Lawrence Will Play Elizabeth Holmes In A Movie About Theranos"}}]}] ```