Margaret Qualley Scores Her Own Netflix Dramedy Series, ‘Maid’
Margaret Qualleyhad a pretty great 2019.The Leftoversstar first appeared in the Emmy-winning FX limited seriesFosse/Verdonin the role of Ann Reinking. Then she would have what is arguably her breakout Hollywood role with, fittingly,Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Now the actress is dipping her equally famous toes back in the TV pool with a lead role in the upcoming Netflix dramedy seriesMaid.
After a banner year in 2019, Qualley is cleaning up with new lead roles, landing her own Netflix series,Maid.Varietyreports that Qualley has been cast as the lead of the series based onStephanie Land’s memoirMaid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive. Per Variety, the dramedy series “will chronicle a single mother who turns to housekeeping to—barely—make ends meet as she battles against poverty, homelessness, and bureaucracy.”
Published in 2019,Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Surviveis a memoir of Land’s life working as a maid while struggling with poverty. Here is the synopsis for the book (viaGoodReads):
While the gap between upper middle-class Americans and the working poor widens, grueling low-wage domestic and service work–primarily done by women–fuels the economic success of the wealthy. Stephanie Land worked for years as a maid, pulling long hours while struggling as a single mom to keep a roof over her daughter’s head. InMaid,she reveals the dark truth of what it takes to survive and thrive in today’s inequitable society.
While she worked hard to scratch her way out of poverty as a single parent, scrubbing the toilets of the wealthy, navigating domestic labor jobs, higher education, assisted housing, and a tangled web of government assistance, Stephanie wrote. She wrote the true stories that weren’t being told. The stories of overworked and underpaid Americans.
Qualley is a legacy Hollywood starlet, the daughter of Andie MacDowell and former model, Paul Qualley. Her life is far removed from the story ofMaid, but the rising star has impressed in recent roles, first with the critically acclaimed HBO seriesThe Leftovers,then with her supporting appearances in major films likeOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood,Seberg,Native Son, andThe Nice Guys. She’s worked with Netflix before in one of the lead roles inDeath Note, but we don’t talk about that movie.
Molly Smith Metzlerwill serve as the writer, executive producer, and showrunner onMaid, withJohn Wells(Shameless) andErin Jontowexecutive producing under the John Wells Productions banner.Margot Robbie, who co-starred with Qualley inOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood, will executive produce via her LuckyChap Entertainment along with LuckyChap’sTom AckerleyandBrett Hedblom. Land will also serve as executive producer. Warner Bros. Television, under which Wells has an overall deal, will serve as the studio.
