Cast & Crew

The First Lady

Overview

A revelatory reframing of American leadership through the lens of the First Ladies. Exploring everything from their journeys to Washington, family life, and world-changing political contributions, the impact of the White House's women is no longer hidden from view.

Full Cast

Dakota Fanning

Susan Elizabeth Ford

James DuMont

Herpolsheimer's Manager

Michelle Pfeiffer

Betty Ford

Aaron Eckhart

Gerald Ford

Viola Davis

Michelle Obama

Kate Mulgrew

Susan Sher

Kiefer Sutherland

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Evan Parke

Secret Service Agent Allen Taylor

Lily Rabe

Lorena Hickok

Chuck Cooper

Martin Luther King Sr.

Clea DuVall

Tommy

Gloria Reuben

Valerie Jarrett

Derek Cecil

Donald Rumsfeld

Ellen Burstyn

Sara Delano Roosevelt

Mark Moses

George W. Bush

Gillian Anderson

Eleanor Roosevelt

O-T Fagbenle

Barack Obama

Jackie Earle Haley

Louis Howe

Judy Greer

Nancy Howe

Regina Taylor

Marian Shields Robinson

Rosalind Chao

Tina Tchen

Kathleen Garrett

Laura Bush

Michael Potts

Fraser Robinson

Rhys Wakefield

Dick Cheney

Donna Lynne Champlin

Mel Winter

Boris McGiver

Morley Safer

Bill Winkler

Secret Service Agent

Coley Campany

Jenny

Michael Aronov

Rahm Emanuel

Jeremy Bobb

Theodore Roosevelt

Paul Wilson

Richard Nixon

Lancer Dean Shull

Steve Early

Patrice Johnson

Clara Powell

Tom Galantich

Michael Riordan

Geraldine Singer

Dorothea Warren

Matt Skollar

Felix de Cassio (uncredited)

Chelsea Hayes

East Room Aide

Michael Shenefelt

James Roosevelt

Lexi Underwood

Malia Obama

Saniyya Sidney

Sasha Obama

Cailee Spaeny

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt

Jake Picking

Young Gerald Ford

Zane Stephens

Elliot Roosevelt

Susan Macke Miller

Congressional Club President

Eliza Scanlen

Young Eleanor Roosevelt

Kristen Keenan Smith

Luncheon Guest 5

Brian Andrus

Stagehand (uncredited)

Kristine Froseth

Young Betty Ford

Gavin White

Young Michael Ford

Vivien Lyra Blair

Little Eleanor Roosevelt

Eric Esquer

Day Drinker

Jayme Lawson

Young Michelle Obama

Tiffany Denise Hobbs

Amy Sherald

Kelvin John Davis

Wilson Roosevelt Jerman

Brandon Fox

Radio Producer

Tordy Clark

Martha Bulloch Roosevelt

Raphael Luce

Young James Roosevelt

Judy McDowell

Pat Nixon

Tristan Borders

John Roosevelt

Wyatt Hunt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.

Max Ragone

Elliot Roosevelt Jr.

Jordyn McIntosh

Young Sasha Obama

Olivia Cannon

Young Anna Roosevelt

John Patrick Connor

Radio Operator

Martha King

Rumsfeld Secretary

Darius Ledbetter

Craig Robinson

Story Walker

Young Malia Obama

Jamie Snowden

Christian Evans (uncredited)

Directing

Riley Flanagan

Directing | Additional Second Assistant Director

Susanne Bier

Directing | Director