"Not everything is going to be an awards-worthy performance," Davis says
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Cast
Viola Davis (Michelle Obama)Michelle Pfeiffer (Betty Ford)Gillian Anderson (Eleanor Roosevelt)O-T Fagbenle (Barack Obama)Dakota Fanning (Susan Elizabeth Ford)Lily Rabe (Lorena Hickock)Regina Taylor (Marian Robinson)Kiefer Sutherland (Franklin D. Roosevelt)Aaron Eckhart (Gerald Ford)Clea DuVall (Tommy)Evan Parke (Secret Service Agent Allen Taylor)Jayme Lawson (Young Michelle Obama)Cailee Spaeny (Anna Eleanor Roosevelt)Michael Potts (Fraser Robinson)Ellen Burstyn (Sara Delano Roosevelt)Donna Lynne Champlin (Mel Winter)Kristine Froseth (Young Betty Ford)Jackie Earle Haley (Louis Howe)
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Creators
Aaron Cooley, Ellen Fairey, Alyson Feltes, Yolonda Lawrence, Cathy Schulman, Jennifer Westfeldt, Nicole Jefferson Asher, Hunt Baldwin, Abby Ajayi, Nikole Beckwith, Zora Bikangaga, Azia Squire
Synopsis
In the East Wing of the White House, 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.
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