Netflix U.S. has just added a stirring new biopic starring Oscar-winning performer, Angelina Jolie. "Maria" is the latest effort from Pablo Larraín, and continues his recent run of biographical historical dramas looking at iconic women from the 20th century after 2021's "Spencer" and the Natalie Portman-fronted 2016 biopic, "Jackie".

Angelina Jolie is trying to win the Best Actress Oscar with Maria, but if she's going to do it, she'll have to overcome Netflix's poor track record.

Yes, Maria is based on the true story of Greek opera singer Maria Callas, who died of a heart attack in 1977, when she was only 53 years old. Maria imagines the last few days of Callas’s life, in which once the once-great opera singer struggles with a drug addiction, hallucinations, and her declining health.

Netflix's "Maria," starring Angelina Jolie, imagines opera singer Maria Callas' last days. The true story of her life was of abuse, drugs, and health issues.

Netflix only acquired the US rights to the movie and after a limited theatrical run, the streaming service released Maria on December 11. So if you're in the US, you can watch the biopic right now.

Angelina Jolie really is singing opera in Maria, but it’s not only Jolie’s voice in the final product. The movie blended Jolie’s singing voice with recordings of the real Maria Callas, so the result is a hybrid of both Jolie and Callas’s voice.

A bracing reminder of the power she brings to the screen, Angelina Jolie delivers a deeply moving performance in Pablo Larrain’s “Maria,” the director’s third biopic focused on a significant

Certainly, that’s one takeaway from Pablo Larraín's new Maria Callas biopic, Maria. Maria stars Angelina Jolie as the famed Greek American opera singer who rose to fame in a flash and burned out just as spectacularly.