This film follows Norma Jean from her simple, ambitious youth to her sex star pinnacle and back down. She moves from lover to lover in order to further her career. She finds fame but never happiness, only knowing seduction but not love.
Ashley Judd
as Norma Jean Dougherty
Mira Sorvino
as Marilyn Monroe
Josh Charles
as Eddie Jordan
Ron Rifkin
as Johnny Hyde
David Dukes
as Arthur Miller
Peter Dobson
as Joe DiMaggio
Taylor Nichols
as Fred Karger
John Rubinstein
as Darryl Zanuck
Allan Corduner
as Billy Wilder
Dana Goldstone
as Lee Strasberg
Micole Mercurio
as Mozelle Hyde
Lindsay Crouse
as Natasha Lytess