Gracie Abrams to star in new A24 movie from ‘Babygirl’ director

Posted On January 15, 2026January 15, 2026

Gracie Abrams is set to make her acting debut in an upcoming A24 movie from Babygirl director Halina Reijn.

The ‘Close to You’ singer-songwriter will star in Reijn’s next project, which will be titled Please.

Though specific plot details remain tightly under wraps, The Hollywood Reporter claims that the project will be in the style of a period female drama. It will, allegedly, continue the “edgy romantic genre” that was central to the plot of Babygirl.

Please will be produced by David Hinojosa, who recently worked on A24’s 2025 romantic-comedy, The Materialists. Reijn and Hinojosa also worked together on the dark-comedy thriller, Bodies Bodies Bodies.

Speaking previously on her mission in Babygirl, the director insisted on a feminist perspective, sharing, “We’re not trapped in a box anymore. We internalise the male gaze, we internalise patriarchy, and we need to free ourselves from it. It’s really hard.”

In Babygirl, a successful CEO, played by Nicole Kidman, begins a passionate affair with a young intern, played by Beatle-to-be Harris Dickinson, jeopardising her family and career for the pleasures of subversive power-play.

Kidman has since praised Reijn’s usage of “radical honesty,” adding that the director is “trying to liberate women – or people in general – from this need to be performative.” We might expect similar themes in the upcoming project.

Abrams, who is the daughter of filmmaker JJ Abrams and executive Katie McGrath, is set to debut new music sometime in 2026. Recently, the musician teased the upcoming release, “It’s definitely my favorite music I’ve ever made, and I feel very closely connected to it.”

She added, “I appreciate so much that these albums are time capsules of where I’m at in my life at any given point, but right now it does feel very like me. I hope that whoever finds it, connects with it, and that they make it theirs when it’s out one day.”

Abrams’ foray into the world of acting marks a repeated trend, which sees stars who began as musicians, such as Charli XCX, Harry Styles, Finn Wolfhard, and The Weekend, push their careers into the cinematic industry.

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