Emilia Clarke to Play Constance Lloyd in Biopic "An Ideal Wife"

British actress Emilia Clarke has signed on to star in the biographical movie “An Ideal Wife”. 

Clarke is set to play the Irish children’s author and Oscar Wilde’s wife, Constance Lloyd.  

Lloyd married Wilde in 1884 and the couple had two sons. However, after Wilde received a two-year prison term for homosexuality in 1895, they left London and changed their surname to Holland to distance themselves from the scandal.

She died in 1898 at the age of 40 while living in exile in Genoa, Italy, with her two sons. 

During her life, Lloyd published two children’s literature books and contributed to newspapers and journals. She was also a campaigner in the progressive dress reform movement.  

The project is directed by Sophie Hyde and will mark Clarke’s comeback to the big screen after a 3-year hiatus. 

She made her latest screen appearance in the 2019 holiday rom-com

"Last Christmas".

“An Ideal Wife” is produced by Olivier Delbosc at Paris-based Curiosa Films, Chris Curling at Zephyr Films in the U.K., and Matthew Gledhill at Wheelhouse Productions.