Claim: Naomi Watts is an actress.

Fair Game is a 2010 biographical political drama film directed by Doug Liman and starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn. . It is based on Valerie Plame 's memoir , Fair Game : My Life as a Spy , My Betrayal by the White House , and Joseph C. Wilson 's memoir , The Politics of Truth : Inside the Lies that Led to War and Betrayed My Wife 's CIA Identity : A Diplomat 's Memoir .   Naomi Watts stars as Plame and Sean Penn as her husband , Joseph C. Wilson . It was released in 2010 and was one of the official selections competing for the Palme d'Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival . The film won the `` Freedom of Expression Award '' from the National Board of Review . The film marked Watts ' and Penn 's third collaboration , having previously co-starred in the films 21 Grams and The Assassination of Richard Nixon .