The full-length trailer for Lady in the Lake showcases Natalie Portman’s television debut. Based on the 2019 New York Times best-selling novel by author Laura Lippman, and focusing on the disappearance of a Black woman in the 1960s, Portman stars alongside Moses Ingram in the seven-episode saga directed by Honey Boy filmmaker Alma Har’el.
Apple TV+ has now released the trailer for Lady in the Lake. The video, coming in at almost three minutes, begins with Portman’s character expressing unhappiness with her life. But as it progresses, it’s suggested that she may be more involved in the mystery than it initially appears.
The show will premiere globally with its first two episodes on Friday, July 19. From there, new episodes will be released every Friday through August 23.
What To Know About Lady In The Lake
The Series Unfolds In The 1960s
The story gets its focus when the disappearance of a young girl captures the attention of the city of Baltimore on Thanksgiving 1966. According to official summaries of the series, the lives of two women converge and are on track for a fatal collision as more of the story unravels. In her first television role, Portman portrays Maddie Schwartz, a Jewish housewife that’s leaving behind a secretive past and wanting to start over as an investigative journalist.
Emmy nominee Moses Ingram, known for her role as Jolene in The Queen’s Gambit, plays Cleo Johnson. The character is described as a mother who’s balancing the political underbelly of Black Baltimore even as she’s struggling to provide for her family. It’s teased that the lives of Maddie and Cleo appear to have a connection. But that turns to danger when Maddie grows fixated on Cleo’s mystifying death.
Along with Portman and Ingram, the cast of Lady in the Lake includes Noah Jupe, who previously worked with Har’el on Honey Boy. Y’lan Noel, Byron Bowers, Josiah Cross, Brett Gelman, Mikey Madison, and Pruitt Taylor Vince also star in what’s the latest example of Apple TV+ leaning into a star-driven adaptation following originals like Dark Matter and Presumed Innocent. Given the hints of genre and the overall mystery, however, Portman’s streaming entry could hold an extra element of intrigue.
More to come…
Source: Apple TV+
