OlderDakota Fanning Joins The Cast of the Upcoming Series 'The First Lady'
Dakota Fanning has a brand new role!
The 27-year-old The Alienist actress is joining the cast of the upcoming anthology series The First Lady as a series regular, Variety reports.
Dakota will star as Susan Ford, the daughter of Gerald and Betty Ford. Her on screen parents will be played by Michelle Pfeiffer and Aaron Eckhart.
According to Variety, “Susan was a teenager during her father’s time in the White House and is said to have often introduced progressive ideas to her family.”
This will reunite Dakota and Michelle for the first time in 20 years, as they both starred in the film I Am Sam, which was released in 2001.
The new series has built up quite the cast. Back in January, it was revealed that Kristine Froseth and Jayme Lawson also joined the show.
Kristine‘s character actually has quite the connection to Dakota‘s… Find out who she’ll be portraying here!
Other celebs in the cast include Viola Davis as Michelle Obama, O-T Fagbenle as President Barack Obama, Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt, Rhys Wakefield as Dick Cheney and Judy Greer as Nancy Howe.
If you missed the news, Dakota‘s upcoming movie with her sister Elle has recently been pushed back once again.
