Andra Day is bringing Billie Holiday’s story to the big screen. The Grammy-nominated singer is set to topline “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.” A press release announced that Suzan-Lori Parks, who made history as the first African-American woman to receive a Pulitzer Prize for her play “Topdog/Underdog,” is penning the script about the legendary jazz musician. Lee Daniels (“Precious”) is directing.

The pic tells the story of how the “Federal Department of Narcotics targeted [Holiday’s son] with an undercover sting operation led by black Federal Agent Jimmy Fletcher, with whom she had a tumultuous affair,” and “intimately examines her struggles with addiction, fame, and heartbreaking love.”

Set to kick off production in October in Montreal, “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” is inspired by the 2015 New York Times Bestseller “Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs,” a non-fiction exploration of the history and impact of “The War on Drugs.”

“It is an extraordinary responsibility to tell the story of the iconic Billie Holiday,” said Daniels. “Her story is very personal to me and I hope to do justice when bringing to light this profound and complicated soul — a great artist and an unsung civil rights warrior.”

Day scored Grammy nods for her debut album, “Cheers to the Fall,” and its main single, “Rise Up.” The former was nominated for Best R&B Album and the latter Best R&B performance.

“Rise Up” became an anthem of the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Day has said, “I want to tell the truth about the racial terror that’s happened and that’s still happening today in this country. Too often we change the narrative to make things more digestible, but the reality is, if we don’t address injustice honestly and openly, we’ll never heal.”

In addition to covering Holiday’s “Strange Fruit,” Day has worn gardenia in her hair onstage as a tribute to her. “That’s always an homage to Billie,” she’s explained.

Day’s screen credits include “Marshall” and “Cars 3.”