Jenna Coleman to Star in World War II Drama 'The War Rooms'

Jenna Coleman has been tapped to star in the upcoming drama The War Rooms, a series that will explore the untold stories of the women who lived, loved, and triumphed in Winston Churchill’s secret Whitehall bunker during World War II.

Coleman will play Joan Bright, an unsung hero of the war effort, who organized Churchhill's War Rooms, the underground nerve center that allowed Britain’s leaders to plot the allied route to victory during the Second World War. (You can actually still visit the War Rooms, which are located beneath the Treasury in central London and are maintained by the Imperial War Museum. A note from personal experience: If you are in any way claustrophobic there are areas you will just want to pass through as quickly as possible.)

The series will be based on Bright's memoir The Inner Circle: A View of War at the Top and the story will follow her early days as a war secretary through her triumphs in organizing the great Allied conferences. She meets several colorful real-life figures along the way, including the future James Bond novelist Ian Fleming, who reportedly based the character of Miss Moneypenny on her.