Based on J. Randy Taraborrelli’s New York Times bestseller, The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe paints a portrait of a young Norma Jeane Mortenson as she battles a lonely and loveless existence with an absent mother. Norma Jeane blossoms into a funny, smart and ambitious woman and soon reinvents herself to become the symbol of an era, giving the performance of her life as she hides her darkest secrets from the world.