The cast is as renowned as the people they portray.
Showtime’s new miniseries, The First Lady, focuses on the lives of three former First Ladies — Michelle Obama, Betty Ford, and Eleanor Roosevelt. Packed with rich talent in every frame, the series follows the political career of their respective husbands with a special emphasis on how these ladies influenced them and how the White House influenced these ladies.
The series boasts of a stellar cast, and let me make the introductions:
O.T. Fagbenle as Barack Obama
Viola Davis as Michelle Obama
Jayme Lawson as young Michelle Obama
Lexi Underwood as Malia Obama
Saniyya Sidney as Sasha Obama
Regina Taylor as Marian Shields Robinson
Aaron Eckhart as Gerald Ford
Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford
Kristine Froseth as young Betty Ford
Dakota Fanning as Susan Ford
Kiefer Sutherland as Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt
Rhys Wakefield as Dick Cheney
Judy Greer as Nancy Howe
Lily Rabe as Lorena Hickok
Eliza Scanlen as young Eleanor Roosevelt
Kathleen Garrett as Laura Bush
Derek Cecil as Donald Rumsfeld
Rosalind Chao as Tina Tchen
Kate Mulgrew as Susan Sher
Jeremy Bobb as Theodore Roosevelt