Showtime has nominated Michelle Pfeiffer to star as Betty Ford in her upcoming anthology series, “The First Lady.”
Pfeiffer joins previously announced Viola Davis (playing Michelle Obama) for the show, which focuses on the couple, alongside Eleanor Roosevelt, and ‘the roles they played in shaping impactful and sometimes world-changing decisions during their time in the White House, “according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The part of Roosevelt has not yet been announced.
Emmy-winning director Susanne Bier – ‘The Undoing’ and ‘The Night Manager’ – has been signed to direct all deliveries as well as executive products.
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“Michelle Pfeiffer and Susanne Bier joined the brilliant and incomparable Viola Davis to bring the remarkable stories of these women into an urgent, captivating and long overdue focus,” said Amy Israel, Showtime’s CEO of script programming, in a statement said.
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Israel continued: “Michelle brings authenticity, vulnerability and complexity to all her roles, and Susanne is a visionary director who commands the screen with fierce honesty and a unique visual style. With these formidable artists in front and behind the camera, we were able to not ‘to be more excited – especially at this unique time for our country – about the powerful promise of The First Lady.’
Showtime has nominated Michelle Pfeiffer to star as Betty Ford in her upcoming anthology series ‘The First Lady’. Pfeiffer joins previously announced Viola Davis, who plays Michelle Obama, in the program.
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According to Pfeiffer’s IMDb, “The First Lady” will be her first regular TV series since “Delta House” and “BAD Cats” at the beginning of her career. She has recently appeared in films such as ‘French Exit’ and ‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’.
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No release date has been announced for the program.
Ford, the wife of former president Gerald Ford, died in 2011 at the age of 93.