Jennifer Aniston to star in Dumplin

Actress Jennifer Aniston will play the role of a mother to a teenage girl in the upcoming independent teen comedy film Dumplin.

The film will be directed by Anne Fletcher, reports variety.com.

The story of the film centres on a confident teen girl, named Dumplin by her former beauty queen mother (Aniston). The teen girl works at a local fast food joint. 

She meets a former jock whom she likes and he seems to like her back, but when she begins to doubt herself, she sets out to take back her confidence by entering a beauty pageant and gaining respect for her mother.