Kim Kardashian has signed on to star  in Tyler Perry‘s new movie, “The  Marriage Counselor,” TheWrap has confirmed.

The Lionsgate movie is about an accountant and his Ivy League educated wife  — a marriage counselor who is great at dispensing advice, but makes some  seriously bad mistakes in her own marriage.

Kardashian will play the counselor’s friend and co-worker, Ava, who — in  excellent Kardashian style — helps the counselor cope with life and get a  makeover. Jurnee Smollett plays Judith, the counselor.

Perry wrote the screenplay and the stage play the film is based on. He’s also  writing and directing. “The Marriage Counselor” starts shooting in Atlanta next  week.

Perry, perhaps best known for his “Madea” movies, recently finished shooting  Summit’s “I, Alex Cross,” a thriller based on James Patterson’s novels. He has the title role in that movie.

Kardashian, who is 31, married NBA star Kris Humphries on Aug. 20. Her  wedding — like much of the “Keeping Up With the  Kardashians” star’s life — was televised.

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