Marisa Abela

Called "Back to Black" and directed by British filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson, the movie will focus on Winehouse's "vibrant years living in London in the ...

"As a filmmaker you can’t really ask for more. Rising star Abela, 26, is best known for high octane television drama "Industry", about a group of graduates competing for jobs at a top investment bank. FILE PHOTO: British singer Amy Winehouse performs at the Glastonbury Festival 2008 in Somerset in south west England June 28, 2008.

The first image of actress Marisa Abela as Amy Winehouse has been released and fans are divided in their opinions.

In the first snap of the 'Back to Black' star in character, Marisa can be seen rocking Amy's famous beehive hair 'do - with a glimpse of the late star's iconic tattoos etched on her upper arms. The English actress, 26, will take on the role of the late star when production begins on a biopic about the 'Back to Black' singer's early life in London in the early 2000s and her rise to global fame, reports The Mirror. The first image of actress Marisa Abela as

In the image, the British actress Marisa could be seen donning the singer's iconic beehive hairdo, tattoos and mole. Interestingly, the biopic titled Back to ...

She passed away in 2011 at the age of 27 due to alcohol poisoning. The synopsis mentioned that the biopic “will transport viewers through the looking glass of celebrity to watch this journey from behind the mirror, to see what Amy saw, to feel what she felt”. According to Independent, the movie will showcase the late musician’s “extraordinary genius, creativity and hones that infused everything she did”.

It has been announced that Industry star Marisa Abela will portray Amy Winehouse in Back to Black, Fifty Shades of Grey director Sam Taylor-Johnson's biopic ...

His other credits include [Control](https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/movie-reviews/2007/1004/447427-control/), the biopic of the late Joy Division singer Ian Curtis. In a statement, director and executive producer Taylor-Johnson said: "My connection to Amy began when I left college and was hanging out in the creatively diverse London borough of Camden. Just like we do Amy." "A few years later Amy wrote her searingly honest songs whilst living in Camden. Like with me, it became part of her DNA. She died of alcohol poisoning in 2011 at the age of 27.

The film is coming from STUDIOCANAL, Focus Features and Monumental Pictures and will be directed and executive produced by Sam Taylor-Johnson ('Fifty Shades of ...

I am fully aware of the responsibility, with my writing collaborator – Matt Greenhalgh – I will create a movie that we will all love and cherish forever. I feel excited and humbled to have this opportunity to realise Amy’s beautifully unique and tragic story to cinema accompanied by the most important part of her legacy – her music. ‘Back to Black’ was written by Matt Greenhalgh (‘Nowhere Boy’) and will feature Winehouse’s iconic songs.