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Janelle Monae Starring In 'Hidden Figures' Movie

03/09/2016
. (Radio.com) Singer Janelle Monae is taking her talents to the silver screen. The Wrap reported the "Yoga" singer has landed the third lead role in the upcoming drama Hidden Figures.

The story centers around three African-American women who helped make John Glenn the first person to orbit the Earth in 1962. The film is based on Margot Lee Shetterley's upcoming HarperCollins book Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race, which hits shelves in September.

Monae will star as Mary Jackson, who was the youngest African-American woman on the team. Oscar winner Octavia Spencer will co-star as Dorothy Vaughan. Read more here.

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