Well, she's a country-western singer who acts occasionally--how about Reba McIntyre?? I haven't seen anything about her politics, but I don't get the impression she is a "Blixie Chick".
My first reaction to your question was queasiness over the quickness to turn every dramatic story into a slick movie -- which then trivializes and distorts the story.
You're right, Hollywood must be slobbering already over the idea of producing this movie.
First prediction: Reese Witherspoon will get the role of Jessica Lynch.
Second prediction: Jessica's character will be made out to be a proto-feminist -- whether she IS, is in reality, doesn't matter.
Third prediction: Jessica's rescuers will be shown as an idealized multi-ethnic, multi-'gendered' team, no matter what the real composition of the rescue force was.
Fourth prediction: The Saddam-ites will be shown as angry, patriarchal male chauvinist pigs. (Perhaps Hollywood will even change them to angry white men? Nah, guess they wouldn't dare.)
At least some of the white men in the movie will also be shown as angry, patriarchal male chauvinist pigs.
I see her as a
young Meg Ryan. With her luck,
it's Tori Spelling...
Sarah Michelle Geller? I hear she's somewhat 'conservative'. At least from a hollywood standpoint.