Which 2008 film did Beyoncé star in as blues singer Etta James?

Beyoncé played Etta James in the 2008 film Cadillac Records.

Written and directed by Darnell Martin, Cadillac Records dramatizes the history of Chess Records and several musicians associated with the Chicago blues and R&B scene. Beyoncé portrays Etta James, whose recordings included “At Last,” “Trust in Me,” and “I’d Rather Go Blind.”

The film also stars Adrien Brody as record executive Leonard Chess, Jeffrey Wright as Muddy Waters, and Columbus Short as Little Walter. Beyoncé recorded several songs for the soundtrack, including a version of “At Last.”

Cadillac Records is a dramatized biographical film rather than a documentary, so some events and relationships are compressed or rearranged for storytelling. Beyoncé’s role as Etta James is separate from her performance as Deena Jones in Dreamgirls, another music-centered film released two years earlier.