Lupita Nyong’o & Natalie Portman To Star In ‘Lady In The Lake’ Series

Lupita Nyong’o and Natalie Portman are joining forces.

For, the pair have joined forces for a limited series adaptation of Laura Lippman’s book ‘Lady In The Lake’ for Apple TV+.

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According to Deadline, the series will be directed by Alma Har’el (‘Honey Boy’) and co-written by Dre Ryan (‘The Man In The High Castle’).

The limited series takes place in 60’s Baltimore, where an unsolved murder pushes housewife and mother, Maddie Schwartz, played by Portman, to reinvent her life as an investigative journalist, which sets her on a collision course with Cleo Sherwood, played by Nyong’o, a hard-working woman juggling motherhood, many jobs and a passionate commitment to advancing Baltimore’s Black progressive agenda.

It will be Portman’s first television role and will serve as Nyong’o’s first major small-screen role.

‘Lady In The Lake’ will be produced by Portman, Nyong’o, Har’el, Ryan, Christopher Leggett, Sophie Mas, Jean-Marc Vallée, Nathan Ross, Julie Gardner, and Lippman.

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