Tiffany Haddish to star in upcoming biopic on Olympic icon Florence Griffith Joyner

Actor-comedian Tiffany Haddish will also produce the yet-to-be titled movie. Former US track and field athlete Florence Griffith Joyner was known for her record-breaking Olympic run and her flashy personality.

Actor-comedian Tiffany Haddish is set to portray former US track and field athlete Florence Griffith Joyner in an upcoming biopic.

Tiffany Haddish will play former US track and field athlete Florence Griffith Joyner in a new film. (Casey Curry/Invision/AP)

Known as Flo-Jo, Florence helped popularise track and field in the US with her record-breaking Olympic run and flashy personality and style.

Many of the records that Florence set in the 1988 Olympics, include those in the 100 m and 200 m. She died in 1998 at the age of 38 of an epileptic seizure.

According to Variety, Tiffany will also produce the yet-to-be titled movie alongside Game1 Co-CEO’s Basil Iwanyk and Greg Economou.

Florence's widower and former coach, Al Joyner, will serve as a producer and creative consultant on the project.