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Ashley Judd has landed a mother of a role.

The actress – who will not be running for Kentucky Senate – has been cast in Divergent as Natalie Prior, the parent of Shailene Woodley’s Tris.

Divergent will be released on March 21, 2014 and is based on Veronica Roth’s dystopian bestseller.

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Production got underway this week in Chicago, with Aaron Eckhart on board as Judd’s fictional husband*; Jai Courtney as Eric; and Kate Winslet as Jeanine Matthews.

The movie will tell the story of a female teenager hoping to break free from her homogeneous society, a society that separates people based on human traits.

* UPDATE: Tony Goldwyn has been cast as Mr. Prior.