Dakota Fanning joins the cast of "The First Lady" series

Actress Dakota Fanning -

Dakota Fanning will play Susan Ford in

, Showtime's anthology series devoted to American First Ladies.

Susan was the only daughter of Betty and Gerald Ford who occupied the White House from 1974 to 1977 and will be played by Michelle Pfeiffer and Aaron Eckhart respectively.

Although she was a teenager during her father's tenure, Susan Ford is said to have had a significant influence on her family by advocating for progressive ideas.

According to

, Dakota Fanning will appear in six episodes of the series.

In addition,

will mark her reunion with Michelle Pfeiffer.

Indeed, the two actresses had starred together in the 2001 film

The role of Dakota Fanning had earned her to be the youngest actress to be nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award when she did. was only 7 years old.

Illustrious ladies

In addition to the Ford family,

will feature the Obamas as well as the Roosevelts.

Michelle and Barack Obama will be played by Viola Davis and OT Fagbenle while Gillian Anderson will play the role of Eleanor Roosevelt.

Finally, the writing of

was entrusted to Aaron Cooley while Susanne Bier (

,

) was chosen for the realization.

Series

Gillian Anderson to play Eleanor Roosevelt in new series "The First Lady"

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