She was famous for her face. But it was her mind that could change the world.
Before she became Hedy Lamarr, Hollywood starlet, she was Hedwig Kiesler—an Austrian Jewish woman trapped in a dangerous marriage to an arms dealer with Nazi ties. While dining alongside top German officials, she listened. She learned. And when the moment came, she escaped.
In America, she reinvented herself as a film icon—but never stopped thinking about the war she’d left behind. With a passion for science and a revolutionary invention in mind, Hedy fought to have her voice heard in a world that only saw her beauty.
Based on the astonishing true story, The Only Woman in the Room is a compelling tribute to brilliance, resilience, and the power of unseen women.
