Gillian Anderson is moving from playing one historical figure to another.
The
X-Files star, who recently earned her sixth career Golden Globe nomination for her work as Margaret Thatcher on Netflix’s acclaimed costume drama
The Crown, will soon suit up to play Eleanor Roosevelt in
The First Lady (working title), a new series coming to Showtime that already has
Viola Davis and
Michelle Pfeiffer on board to star. The show is described as “a revelatory reframing of American leadership, told through the lens of the women at the heart of the White House.”
Anderson, who already has Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild trophies on her shelf, will play Eleanor Roosevelt, the longest-serving First Lady in the history of the United States. While women have often been brushed aside during the recounting of the history of this nation, Eleanor Roosevelt has become one of the (depressingly few) female figures who is regularly highlighted in schools and lauded for her cont
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She continued: It’s inspiring to have Gillian, Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Susanne Bier and Cathy Schulman at the forefront of The First Lady. They have truly set the stage for a landmark Showtime series.
Icon: Eleanor, the wife of president Franklin D. Roosevelt, was the First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945, making her the longest serving First Lady in history (pictured in 1962)
The series, created by Aaron Cooley, is described as a reframing of American leadership, told through the eyes of the women at the heart of the White House.
It will reveal the personal and political lives of First Ladies from throughout history, with season one set to focus on the wives of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gerald Ford and Barack Obama.
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