Der er nu sat dato på serien The First Lady instrueret af danske Susanne Bier. Serien har premiere i Danmark mandag d. 18. april på Paramount+.

I den nye, store dramaserie ‘The First Lady’ følger vi de tre amerikanske førstedamer, Eleanor Roosevelt (Gillian Anderson), Michelle Obama (Viola Davis) og Betty Ford (Michelle Pfeiffer), der alle var gift med mægtige mænd i Det Hvide Hus, og vi følger deres liv som præsidentfruer i tre forskellige tidsperioder.

Det store cast i ‘The First Lady’ tæller også navne som Kiefer Sutherland, der spiller Franklin D. Roosevelt, Aaron Eckhard i rollen om Gerald Ford og O.T. Fagbenle som Barack Obama. Antologi-dramaserien er skabt af Aaron Cooley, Cathy Schulman er executive producer, og Susanne Bier har instrueret alle ti afsnit.

Serien er produceret til SHOWTIME af Lionsgate Television og består af 10 episoder.

Aaron Cooley, er executive produceret af Oscar-vinderen Cathy Schulman (Crash), der også fungerer som showrunner, og så er Oscar- og Emmy-vinderen Susanne Bier (The Undoing) producer med Cathy Schulman ligesom Susanne Bier har instrueret hele sæson 1.

Sådan præsenteres serien i den engelske pressemeddelelse:

THE FIRST LADY is a revelatory reframing of American leadership, told through the lens of the women at the heart of the White House. In the government’s East Wing, many of history’s most impactful and world-changing decisions have been hidden from view, made by America’s charismatic, complex and dynamic First Ladies. The series will peel back the curtain on the personal and political lives of three unique, enigmatic women and their families, tracing their journeys to Washington, dipping into their pasts and following them beyond the White House into their greatest moments. Through interweaving storylines so intimate it’s as if the White House walls are talking, season one focuses on the enlightening lives of Michelle Obama, Betty Ford and Eleanor Roosevelt.

The series also stars Kiefer Sutherland (24) as President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Aaron Eckhart (Wander) as President Gerald Ford, Dakota Fanning (The Alienist) as Susan Elizabeth Ford, Regina Taylor (I’ll Fly Away) as Michelle Robinson Obama’s mother Marian Shields Robinson, Lily Rabe (American Horror Story) as Lorena “Hick” Hickok and Jayme Lawson (The Batman) as Young Michelle Obama. Additional guest stars include O-T Fagbenle (The Handmaid’s Tale) as President Barack Obama, Judy Greer (KIDDING) as Nancy Howe, Ellen Burstyn (Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore) as Sara Delano Roosevelt, Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children) as Louis McHenry Howe, Maria Dizzia (Orange Is The New Black) as Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd and Kate Mulgrew (THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH) as Susan Sher.