Jennifer Lopez will star as Colombian cocaine queen Griselda Blanco for HBO

FILE - In this June 9, 2016, file photo, Jennifer Lopez arrives at the "Shades of Blue" FYC Event at Saban Media Center in Los Angeles. Lopez told The Hollywood Reporter on August 10, 2016, that she would star in and produce an HBO biopic about late drug lord Griselda Blanco. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP, File) (The Associated Press)

This undated Florida Department of Corrections booking photo shows Griselda Blanco. Actress Jennifer Lopez told The Hollywood Reporter on August 10, 2016, that she would star in and produce an HBO biopic about Blanco. (Florida Dept. of Corrections via AP) (The Associated Press)

Jennifer Lopez is set to star as late drug lord Griselda Blanco in an upcoming HBO biopic about the woman known as "The Godmother" and the "Queen of Cocaine."

Lopez told The Hollywood Reporter in a statement that she has "been fascinated by the life of this corrupt and complicated woman for many years." Lopez will also produce the film.

Blanco was killed in Colombia in 2012. She was among the first Colombian women to traffic cocaine to the United States in the 1970s and 1980s. She had been deported back to Colombia in 2004 after serving nearly 20 years behind bars in the U.S. for drug trafficking and three drug-related killings.

Blanco was a subject of the 2006 documentary "Cocaine Cowboys," which focused on the Miami drug trade.

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