James Miranda Barry

Cast: Rachel Weisz, Sean Bean, Sean Pertwee, Janet Suzman

Director: Marleen Gorris

Release date: 2005

Synopsis:
The story is set in 1814, and follows a woman of unknown origins graduating from Edinburgh Medical School disguised as a man. Dr. James Miranda Barry has the distinction of being the first woman doctor in the Western world. She then served in the British Military disguised as a male surgeon for fourty-five years. The scandal of her elaborate deception did not surface until her death.