Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie, The Regime) is set to star opposite Jeremy Strong and Barry Pepper in 9/12, Paramount+‘s upcoming six-episode limited series about ailing 9/11 first responders’ David vs. Goliath legal fight for compensation.
Written and directed by Tobias Lindholm and written by Frank Pugliese, 9/12 dramatizes a landmark case that reshaped the fight for accountability: a relentless legal war that stretched nearly a decade to secure almost $1 billion in compensation for first responders who fell gravely ill in the wake of 9/11.
Strong stars as renowned class action lawyer Jason Smith, who risked everything to take on entrenched institutions, exposing the politics, greed, corruption and betrayal that compounded tragedy set against the emergency workers’ remarkable unity and bravery as The World Trade Center was collapsing.
Pepper plays Coach, a former NYPD police officer and 9/11 first responder suffering from leukemia, a result of his work at ground zero. He is reluctant to sue the city but is convinced to become the face of the lawsuit in order to help other victims.
Riseborough will play Molly, Coach’s resilient wife who is deeply concerned about her husband’s health and family’s future. She demands help and finds hope in Jason’s (Strong) legal expertise.
From Paramount Television Studios and Sister, 9/12 is executive produced by Strong, Lindholm and Pugliese.
Riseborough, who earned an Oscar nomination for Michael Morris’ 2022 film To Leslie, most recently starred in Jan Komasa’s Good Boy and Paul Andrew Williams’Dragonfly. She has wrapped Alex Marx’s The Queen of Fashion, in which she stars as fashion editor Isabella Blow, with upcoming projects also including the thriller First Woman, Ti West’s Ebenezer alongside Johnny Depp and Ian McKellen, and Antonia Campbell-Hughes’ High End. Riseborough, whose recent series credits include Alice & Jack and The Regime, is repped by CAA, UK’s Independent Talent Group, Untitled Entertainment and Felker McGinnis & Ryan.
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