Viola Davis as Michelle Obama
Here’s to the ladies who lunch… in the White House.
Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt
From #HotThatcher to #HotRoosevelt.
Aaron Eckhart as Gerald Ford, Jr.
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In 1921, Roosevelt contracted polio, which caused his legs to become permanently paralyzed.
She resigned from the White House in 1975.
Greer stepped into the role after Pamela Adlon had to drop out due to a scheduling conflict.
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Lawson’s debut role was in director Ekwa Msangi’s filmFarewell Amor.
Raised on the South Side of Chicago, Obama graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School.
She marriedBarack Obamain 1992.
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Kristine Forseth as Betty Ford
ApostleandThe Societyactress Kristine Forseth will play a young Betty Ford.
Christian Bale famously portrayed Cheney in Adam McKay’s 2018 filmVice.
Liebowitz often butted heads with the first lady for suggesting more conservative approaches than Ford wanted to embrace.
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An ex-football player, Ford returns from service and later meets Betty in Michigan.
He marries her in 1948 just after winning his first Congressional seat.
Cayden Boyd as Michael Ford
Cayden Boyd will play Gerald and Betty’s oldest son, Michael.
Kiefer Sutherland as President Franklin D. Roosevelt.Cliff Lipson/CBS via Getty Images; Hulton Archive/Getty Images
will appear on the show as dancer extraordinaire Martha Graham.
A salesman, Warren married Ford in 1942.
They later divorced in 1947.
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Powell remained one of Ford’s closest confidantes through her struggles with addiction.
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