Ursula Macfarlane will be focusing on the late Anna Nicole Smith in a Netflix documentary. Variety reported.
Variety reports that the yet-to be named documentary will contain never-before seen footage of the late tabloid sensation and model. It will show her. “balancing motherhood while on the verge of global stardom. The documentary is still in production, so it’s unclear when it will be released on Netflix,”Variety reported.
“I approached Anna Nicole’s story as an epic mystery tale. How did someone with so much charisma and jaw-dropping beauty, with the world at her feet, fall so far, so quickly?”Macfarlane made these remarks in a statement that was obtained by People.
“Now feels like the right time to re-examine the life of yet another beautiful young woman whose life has been picked over and ultimately destroyed by our culture,”Macfarlane did not stop. “I am thrilled to work with Netflix and Propagate to make a moving, unflinching and sensitive portrayal of one of the most misunderstood women of our time.”
The documentary’s release date has not been yet announced.
Smith’s life was the story of legend – a small town single mom from Texas who shot to fame in the early ’90s as a Guess jeans model and later 1993’s Playboy’s Playmate of the Year.
Vickie Lynn Hogan was the daughter of six children from a poor Texas family. Smith, Vickie Lynn, was born in Texas. She was a waitress at a WalMart in her hometown, and she worked at a diner until she was 17. At 17, she quit school and got married to Daniel.
She was pushed by her husband to be a model at that time, but she was rejected at every agency due to her hair color, weight, or appearance, she told Inside Edition 1993.
Playboy was then interested in her. Her career took off. She modeled for Guess Jeans, appearing on billboards around the world.
After having met J. Howard Marshall II in a stripclub, Smith married Marshall II, an 89 year-old oil tycoon. Smith was widowed one year after their marriage. Smith’s estate was the subject of a long legal battle between his family members.
She was seen in films, TV shows and commercials. “The Anna Nicole Smith Show,”A reality show that tracked her every move.
She was a drug addict and suffered from depression behind the scenes.
On Sept. 7, 2006, Smith became a mom for the second time and gave birth to Dannielynn Birkhead. But only three days later, her world came crashing down when her son, Daniel, died of a drug overdose.
Smith died from a drug overdose at her Florida hotel room several months later. She was 39.