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The Oscar nominee has been tapped to star in Greg Berlanti and Laurence Mark‘s USA Network six-hour original series Political Animals, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Weaver will star as Elaine Barrish, the divorced former first lady and newly appointed secretary of state who throws herself into the job after recovering from the dissolution of her marriage and losing the presidential nomination. Elaine will rely heavily on her son Doug (Happy Endings‘ James Wolk), an ambitious politico who also serves as her chief of staff but is tormented by his twin brother’s battle with addiction. Brittany Ishibashi (Parenthood, Fairly Legal) co-stars as Doug’s fiancée.