Meryl Streep is reportedly being lined up to portray notorious British Prime Minister, Margret Thatcher, in a biopic, with Oscar winner Jim Broadbent playing her husband.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Streep's Mamma Mia helmer, Phyllida Lloyd will direct the proposed production that would concentrate on the weeks before The Falklands war in 1982.

A truly polarising figure, if anyone can pull her off, it's the legendary Streep.