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Actress Agnes Bruckner plays Anna Nicole Smith in 'The Anna Nicole Story,' a biopic about the centerfold's life, and looks beautiful in the trailer for the film released on Monday

The first trailer has been released for The Anna Nicole Story, the Lifetime Channel biopic about the famed Playboy centerfold and reality star's life, and the movie looks surprisingly glamorous.

A glossy, beautiful series of shots are featured in the trailer to a sultry cover of the song Fame, portraying the much-publicized tabloid starlet as the modern Marilyn Monroe she always wanted to be.

The film stars the gorgeous 27-year-old actress Agnes Bruckner as Anna Nicole, best known for her recurring roles on television series like 24 and Private Practice, and films like Murder by Numbers.

: Anna Nicole Smith first rose to prominence as a centerfold in Playboy, ultimately being named as the Playmate of the Year

Troubled beauty: Smith had a troubled life before and after she became famous

Exactly like her, from a distance: In certain shots, lead actress Agnes Bruckner looks exactly like Anna Nicole Smith

Similar but better: In others, Bruckner looks similar but arguably much better

Directed by acclaimed American Psycho director Mary Herron, the biopic charts the quick rise and slow but steady fall of the East Texas stripper who became Playboy's Playmate of the Year in 1993 and then married billionaire oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall, who was 62 years her senior.

When he died 15 months later, Smith began a court battle over his estate that would last the rest of her life and go all the way to the United States Supreme Court over the hundreds of millions she believed she was due in inheritance.
The cast of the melodramatic tale about the centerfold's troubled life is about as good as a cable television movie gets.

The octogenarian oil tycoon will be played by Academy Award-winning actor Martin Landau and his son, E. Pierce Marshall who battles Smith in court, by The Princess Bride actor Cary Elwes.

Also starring in the film is Oscar-nominated Sideways actress Virginia Madsen, playing Anna Nicole's mother Virgie Arthur, and Saving Private Ryan star Adam Goldberg, who plays Smith's long-time lawyer and secret lover Howard K. Stern.

Downward spiral: The biopic chronicles Smith's quick rise to fame and slow but steady fall

Began as a stripper: Before she was discovered by Playboy, Smith was a stripper in East Texas, as the film reflects

Glamorous drunk: There any many shots in the trailer of Smith drinking, some in a glamorous fashion

Drug problems: A lot of reference will be made to Smith's mixing of prescription drugs with alcohol

Substance problems: Smith's substance abuse problems took control of her later in life

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