MUMBAI: Tatum O'Neal will be seen in the title role of the indie drama Sweet Lorraine.

She will play a former queen of the New York underground scene who, after moving to small-town New Jersey, gets caught up in local politics when her ex-lover becomes the mayor.

The actress recently completed shooting for The Runaways opposite Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning. She also has a role in the FX series Rescue Me.

O'Neal has appeared in My Brother, Little Darlings and Paper Moon for which she received an Oscar award while she was 10 years old.