A Netflix series and a new movie explore the life of Elisabeth, the 19th-century Empress of Austria who had a tattoo, worked out daily and wanted more from life than just producing heirs.

In season 1, Lingnau skillfully portrayed Elisabeth’s transformation from a free-spirited Bavarian duchess to the reluctant Empress of Austria, burdened by the expectations of the Habsburg monarchy.

The Netflix period drama The Empress gives the prestige TV treatment to one of Europe's most glamorous monarchs: Empress ...