She discovered radioactivity and had a scandalous affair that nearly destroyed her — science's original it-girl.
Over 80 years after her death, Maria Skłodowska-Curie remains by far the best-known female scientist. In her lifetime, she became that rare thing - a celebrity scientist, attracting the attention of the news cameras and tabloid gossip. This multi-layered film reveals the real Maria Skłodowska-Curie, an extraordinary woman who fell in love three times, had to survive the pain of loss, and the public humiliation of a doomed love affair. It is a riveting portrait of a tenacious mother and scientist, who opened the door on a whole new realm of physics, which she discovered and named - radioactivity.
Direction
Bradshaw weaves letters and archive footage like a period thriller.
Acting
Geraldine James gives Curie's words the gravitas they deserve.
Director
Gideon Bradshaw
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Curie's notebooks are still so radioactive they're stored in lead-lined boxes — you need protective gear to read them.
The 1911 Nobel Prize scandal nearly made her refuse her second Nobel; the committee literally told her not to come collect it.
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