The first season will be focusing on Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford and Michelle Obama.
The First Lady will be co-produced by Showtime and Lionsgate TV along with Welle Entertainment (Otherhood), Gaspin Media (LA’s Finest), and JuVee Productions.
The series will peel back the curtain on the personal and political lives of America’s most iconic First Ladies.
The cast for Showtime’s The First Lady series is beginning to round out as The Handmaid’s Tale alum O-T Fagbenle has signed on to star as 44th President of the United States Barack Obama, according to Variety.