‘60s politics and mysterious deaths collide in the new Apple TV+ series Lady in the Lake.
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 (Natalie Portman), a Jewish housewife seeking to shed a secret past and reinvent herself as an investigative journalist, and Cleo Johnson (Moses Ingram), 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.
Check out the trailer for Lady in the Lake below.
Lady in the Lake is a limited series based on the 2019 novel by Laura Lippman. Alma Har’el serves as the series’ creator, executive producer, writer, and director. In addition to starring, Portman also executive produces the series, as does Lippman.
Besides Portman and Ingram, the show also stars Y’lan Noel, Brett Gelman, Byron Bowers, Noah Jupe, Josiah Cross, Mikey Madison, and Pruitt Taylor Vince.
Marcus Norris, the founder and artistic director of the South Side Symphony, composed the series’ soundtrack. Beckon, a Grammy-nominated producer known for his work on Kendrick Lamar’s album DAMN, composed and produced the live performances.
Lady in the Lake includes seven episodes. The first two will premiere globally soon on Friday, July 19 on Apple TV+. Afterwards, new episodes will drop each Friday until the finale on August 23.
