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| Ellen Burstyn |
Oscar®, Emmy®, Golden Globe® and BAFTA Award winner Ellen Burstyn ("Big Love,"
"Requiem for a Dream")will join the cast of USA Network’s newest original series, POLITICAL ANIMALS, from Warner Horizon Television.
Also starring Sigourney Weaver ("Avatar"), Ciarán Hinds ("Tinker Tailor Soldier
Spy"), Carla Gugino ("Entourage"), James Wolk ("Shameless"), Sebastian Stan
("Gossip Girl") and Brittany Ishibashi ("The Mentalist"), the six-hour event
drama from TV and film producers Greg Berlanti ("Brothers
& Sisters") and Laurence Mark ("Dreamgirls") is slated for the network’s summer lineup.
Burstyn will star as Margaret Barrish, mother to
current Secretary of State Elaine Barrish Hammond (Weaver). A tough Chicago
broad and one-time Vegas showgirl, Margaret’s biting tongue and sharp wit
haven’t softened despite her daughter’s position and she’s the first one to whip
open a bottle of booze to help her through a political evening.
Pulling back the curtain on persuasive public
speeches and stirring campaign ads, the fictional look at a former first family
exposes a dynasty fighting political adversaries while struggling with their own
powerful demons. Sigourney Weaver stars as former first lady and current
Secretary of State Elaine Barrish Hammond who – in the wake of a divorce from
her philandering ex-husband (Hinds) — attempts to keep her family together while
simultaneously dealing with crises of the State Department and the hungry DC
journalist (Gugino) who is bent on destroying her career.
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