Showtime has released the first images from the upcoming drama series The First Lady, offering a look at Viola Davis as Michelle Obama, O-T Fagbenle as Barack Obama, Kathleen Garrett as Laura Bush, Lexi Underwood as Malia Obama, Regina Taylor as Marian Robinson, Saniyya Sidney as Sasha Obama, Dakota Fanning as Susan Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer […]
The First Lady rounds out its Roosevelt family with Ellen Burstyn, Eliza Scanlen and Cailee Spaeny
Showtime has cast the rest of the Roosevelt family in its upcoming anthology series The First Lady. Per Deadline, joining Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt and Kiefer Sutherland as President Franklin D. Roosevelt are Ellen Burstyn (Pieces of a Woman), Eliza Scanlen (Sharp Objects) and Cailee Spaeny (Mare of Easttown). Burstyn will play Sara Delano Roosevelt, […]
Kiefer Sutherland joins Showtime’s The First Lady as President Roosevelt
Kiefer Sutherland (Designated Survivor) has been cast in Showtime’s anthology series The First Lady as US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He will star opposite Gillian Anderson (The Crown), who will play First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in the series. Franklin D. Roosevelt, or FDR as he is commonly known by, served as the United States President from […]
Gillian Anderson joins The First Lady as Eleanor Roosevelt
After portraying former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the most recent season of The Crown, Gillian Anderson is now set to play another famous political figure in Showtime’s The First Lady as Eleanor Roosevelt. Eleanor Roosevelt was the wife of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and was the First Lady from 1933 – 1945. She […]
Michelle Pfeiffer to play Betty Ford in The First Lady
Michelle Pfeiffer has signed on to portray Betty Ford in The First Lady, a Showtime anthology series from writer Aaron Cooley, director Susanne Bier (The Undoing) and executive producer Viola Davis, who is also starring in the role of Michelle Obama. Described as “a revelatory reframing of American leadership, told through the lens of the […]