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The First Lady

2022 10 episodes Showtime Anthology series Drama film

The First Lady is a 2022 Showtime TV series directed by Susanne Bier. It stars Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Gillian Anderson and others.

Top cast

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Viola Davis

Viola Davis

Michelle Obama Michelle Pfeiffer

Michelle Pfeiffer

Betty Ford Gillian Anderson

Gillian Anderson

Eleanor Roosevelt

O. T. Fagbenle

Barack Obama

Dakota Fanning

Susan Ford

Lily Rabe

Lorena Hickok

Regina Taylor

Marian Shields Robinson
Kiefer Sutherland

Kiefer Sutherland

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt

Aaron Eckhart

Gerald Ford

Kristine Froseth

Betty Ford, young Betty Ford

Charlie Plummer

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, young Franklin D. Roosevelt

Eliza Scanlen

Eleanor Roosevelt, young Eleanor Roosevelt

More cast

  • Jake Picking Gerald Ford, young Gerald Ford
  • Jayme Lawson Michelle Obama, young Michelle Obama
  • Julian De Niro Barack Obama, young Barack Obama
  • Arlo Mertz Susan Ford, young Susan Ford
  • Clea DuVall Malvina Thompson
  • Jackie Earle Haley Louis Howe, Louis McHenry Howe
  • Kate Mulgrew Susan Sher
  • Derek Cecil Donald Rumsfeld
  • Michael Potts Fraser Robinson III
  • Rhys Wakefield Dick Cheney
  • Ellen Burstyn Sara Roosevelt, Sara Delano Roosevelt
  • Judy Greer Nancy Howe
  • Lexi Underwood Malia Obama
  • Cayden Boyd Michael Gerald Ford, Michael Ford
  • Gavin White Michael Gerald Ford, young Michael Ford
  • Marc Hills John Gardner Ford, Jack Ford
  • Jack Stanton John Gardner Ford, young Jack Ford
  • Ben Cook Steven Ford
  • Paul Holcomb Steven Ford, young Steven Ford
  • Leslie Kritzer Martha Graham
  • Evan Parke SS Allen Taylor
  • Gloria Reuben Valerie Jarrett, Valerie June Jarrett
  • Rosalind Chao Tina Tchen
  • Donna Lynne Champlin Melissa Winter, Melissa "Mel" Winter
  • Cailee Spaeny Anna Roosevelt Halsted, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
  • Olivia Cannon Anna Roosevelt Halsted, young Anna Roosevelt
  • Jeremy Bobb Theodore Roosevelt
  • Kathleen Garrett Laura Bush
  • Mark Moses George W. Bush
  • Maria Dizzia Lucy Page Mercer Rutherfurd, Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd
  • Saniyya Sidney Sasha Obama

Sources

  • Wikidata (Q104539088), accessed October 2026
  • Cast photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each profile

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