Natalie Portman is Starring in a Ruth Bader Ginsburg Biopic & Nothing Else Matters

Strong Jewish women (and fans of strong Jewish women) rejoice! Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman will be playing SCOTUS Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a biopic entitled, “On the Basis of Sex.”

The film will be focusing on the Notorious RBG’s different fights for equality throughout her career–hopefully including her most recent fight for marriage equality. SCOTUS is due to issue a verdict on whether states should be able to ban same sex marriage next month.

(Also, did you SEE her Passover story? Did you see it?!)

Jezebel is (unsurprisingly) unhappy with the casting choice, but considering Natalie Portman is a) a mensch and b) an amazing actress, we’re pretty excited to see where this movie goes.

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Suzanne Samin

Suzanne Samin is a former editorial assistant for Kveller.com. She is a writer, editor, social media maven, and recovering local news reporter from NYC. Her writing can also be found on Bustle and xoJane. She is passionate about feminism, politics, pop culture, video games, and cuddly animals. Suzanne received her bachelor's degree in journalism from Ohio Wesleyan University in 2013. When she isn't writing, she's working on her feminist fantasy novel and singing improvisational ballads to her corgi.