While best known for her acting, Natalie Portman has never starred in a television show outside of the occasional Saturday Night Live appearance… until now. Portman partners with fellow Israeli-American filmmaker Alma Har’el for the Lady in the Lake, a crime drama based on the bestselling 2019 novel of the same name.
The miniseries focuses on Portman’s character Maddie Schwartz, a Jewish woman who ditches her home life to become an investigative journalist. She stumbles upon two murders– 11-year-old Tessie Durst and African-American activist Cleo Sherwood– and hopes to solve both for a spot at the local newspaper.
Where to watch Lady in the Lake
Lady in the Lake streams July 19th on Apple TV+. The first two episodes will be followed by a new episode every week after.
Lady in the Lake on Apple TV+
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Is Lady in the Lake based on the novel or the movie?
Lady in the Lake is based on the bestselling 2019 novel by Laura Lippman. It’s not related to the 1947 noir film starring Robert Montgomery, though coincidentally, both are murder mysteries investigated by aspiring writers.