To the world, Marilyn was a vivacious star, the epitomy of sexuality, sensuality and frolicsome fun. Every man wanted her, every woman wanted to be her. But behind the enticing smile, beneath the tight-fitting dresses, there was a dark secret -- one Marilyn couldn't bury in the past -- the child inside called Norma Jean. Everything Norma Jean dreams of, Marilyn achieves. Every man she struggles to resist, Marilyn succumbs to. And while Marilyn climbs the ladder of success, Norma Jean waits beneath it, almost willing her to fall.