While Madonna doesn’t have plans to appear in her biopic, she has acted in movies since the 1980s, including in Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Shanghai Surprise (1986), Dick Tracy (1990), Body of Evidence (1993), Evita (1996) and Swept Away (2002).

As we’ve reported before, Madonna has been working for several years on a major biopic about her early career. However, the project has not been without challenges. Despite reports she’d picked actress Julia Garner (Ozark) to play her,

In 2023, the biopic was reportedly put on hold at Universal Pictures for Madonna to focus on her global Celebration Tour.

Madonna shared an impassioned post alleging that producers and agents attempted to force her to "down-scale" and "think smaller" for a planned film about her life.

Auditions for the biopic took place in February 2022, with actors reportedly taking part in a gruelling “bootcamp” supervised by Madonna herself. In January last year, however, it was reported that the film was no longer in development as Madonna,