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In 1960’s Baltimore, an unsolved murder pushes a housewife and mother (Natalie Portman) to reinvent her life as an investigative journalist and sets her on a collision course with a hard-working woman (Lupita Nyong’o) juggling motherhood, many jobs and a passionate commitment to Black rights. 

Ordered to series in Apple TV+. Premiere date TBD.

Anticipate away.

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When the disappearance of a young girl grips the city of Baltimore on Thanksgiving 1966, the lives of two women converge on a fatal collision course. Maddie Schwartz (Portman) is a Jewish housewife seeking to shed a secret past and reinvent herself as an investigative journalist, and Cleo Sherwood (Ingram) is a mother navigating the political underbelly of Black Baltimore while struggling to provide for her family. Their disparate lives seem parallel at first, but when Maddie becomes fixated on Cleo’s mystifying death, a chasm opens that puts everyone around them in danger. From visionary director Alma Har’el, “Lady in the Lake” emerges as a feverish noir thriller and an unexpected tale of the price women pay for their dreams.

 

About The Show:

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New Apple Original drama is based on the 2019 novel by New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman.

Apple TV+ unveiled a first look at “Lady in the Lake,” the upcoming, seven-part limited series starring Academy Award and Golden Globe Award winner Natalie Portman, who also serves as executive producer, and Emmy Award nominee Moses Ingram.

Starring alongside Portman and Ingram in the series are Y’lan Noel, Brett Gelman, Byron Bowers, Noah Jupe, Josiah Cross, Mikey Madison and Pruitt Taylor Vince.

Hailing from FIFTH SEASON, “Lady in the Lake” is produced by Crazyrose and Bad Wolf America, and is created, executive produced, written and directed by Har’el alongside producing partner Christopher Leggett. In addition to starring, Portman serves as executive producer alongside producing partner Sophie Mas. Nathan Ross and the late Jean-Marc Vallée serve as executive producers for Crazyrose, and Julie Gardner executive produces for Bad Wolf America. Layne Eskridge, Amy Kaufman, Boaz Yakin and author Lippmann also executive produce.

 

Release Date:

  • July 19, 2024 (first 2 episodes)
  • New episodes every Friday through August 23, 2024.

 

First Look:

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Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram star in “Lady in the Lake,” the upcoming, seven-part limited series premiering July 19 on Apple TV+.

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Lady in the Lake is based on a 2019 novel by the same name from Laura Lippman, which was inspired by two actual murders that occurred in Baltimore, in 1969, Shirley Lee Wigeon Parker became Cleo Sherwood in the book and Esther Lebowitz became Tessie Fine.   

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Lady in the Lake tells the story of Madeline “Maddie” Schwartz, a Jewish housewife that leaves her husband and helps the Baltimore police investigate the disappearance of 11-year-old Tessie Fine on Thanksgiving Day, 1966. This lands Maddie a job with a newspaper, the Star. Another sensational story crosses her desk, Cleo Sherwood, a young black woman, whose body was found in the fountain of a lake in a city park, receives very little media coverage. Lady in the Lake tackles issues of religious discrimination, racism, and gender inequality.

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Apple TV+ hosts star-studded red carpet premiere for new series, “Lady in the Lake” ahead of its debut on July 19.

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Moses Ingram, director Alma Har’el and Natalie Portman attend the “Lady in the Lake” New York City premiere.

 

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Moses Ingram attends the “Lady in the Lake” New York City premiere.

 

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Natalie Portman attends the “Lady in the Lake” New York City premiere. 

 

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Sophie Mas, Amy Kaufman, Julie Gardner, Layne Eskridge, Byron Bowers, director Alma Har’el, Natalie Portman, Boaz Yakin, Nathan Ross and Christopher Leggett attend the “Lady in the Lake” New York City premiere.

 

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Byron Bowers, Moses Ingram, director Alma Har’el, Natalie Portman, Y’lan Noel, Josiah Cross, Noah Jupe and Mikey Madison attend the “Lady in the Lake” New York City premiere. 

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‘Lady in the Lake’: Natalie Portman & Moses Ingram Take Us Inside That Eerie Department Store Scene (VIDEO)

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“It’s a very poignant moment. It tells the future of the series. Maddie’s looking at a human, and just seeing the dress, not seeing the person.” - Natalie Portman

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Series writer/director Alma Har’el stresses the importance of the department store window encounter. The story, “really starts with two women sharing a dress – and that dress becomes a clue,” Har’el says. Maddie will use Cleo’s eventual murder to write an investigative journalism piece and launch the writing career she’s always wanted – without much thought to who Cleo really was in life.

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‘Lady in the Lake’ Boss on Not Being Open to Additional Seasons of Limited Series, Jean-Marc Vallée’s Role in Show’s Origin

Article touches on many subjects.

And I know that this is a limited series, but I feel like often we hear about shows that launch as a limited series, and then they do additional seasons. Would you be open to more seasons of this?

No. This is a story that feels very complete to me. I feel like I’m honored that I got to, you know, the freedom that I got to do what we did with the book. I’m thankful to both Laura Lippman and Apple, that they allowed us to take such liberties, and I think we explored everything that there was to explore.

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