Summary
- Marion Cotillard joins star-studded cast of Apple TV+ hit series
The Morning Show
for highly anticipated fourth season. - Cotillard brings acclaimed talent to role as ‘Celine Dumont,’ adding new depth to gripping workplace drama.
- The Morning Show
continues to break records and gain acclaim, offering unapologetically candid look at power dynamics.
Apple’s award-winning, global hit series The Morning Show will expand its star-studded cast with Academy Award-winner Marion Cotillard for season 4. Apple TV+ has now revealed that Academy, BAFTA and César Award-winner Marion Cotillard is set to join the highly anticipated fourth season of The Morning Show, hailing from the studio Media Res and starring and executive produced by Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston.
Cotillard, who is best known for roles in the likes of Inception and La Vie En Rose, will star as ‘Celine Dumont,’ a savvy operator from a storied European family. In 2015, Cotillard garnered an Academy Award nomination in the category of Best Actress for her performance in Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s Two Days, One Night.
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Prior to this, Cotillard was seen in Jacques Audiard’s Rust and Bone, alongside Matthias Schoenaerts, Bouli Lanners and Céline Sallette, with her lauded performance garnering wide critical acclaim, including Best Actress César Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, and Critics Choice Award nominations. Most notably, in 2008, Cotillard became the second French actress to ever win an Academy Award, and the first to win an acting award for a performance in the French language for her riveting portrayal of legendary French chanteuse, Edith Piaf, in the film La Vie En Rose.
The Morning Show, meanwhile, recently aired its broadly acclaimed third season, which broke records for Apple TV+, increasing viewership year over year, and has been hailed as “gripping” and “better than ever.” The third season of the series was recognized with an AFI award, and was the most-nominated series at this year’s 29th Annual Critics Choice Association Awards.
The Morning Show Has Been a Major Hit for Apple TV+
The Morning Show is executive produced by Witherspoon and Aniston, directed and executive produced by Mimi Leder, executive produced by Michael Ellenberg and produced by the studio Media Res, Hello Sunshine and Echo Films. The series is showrun and executive produced by Charlotte Stoudt (Fosse/Verdon, Homeland, House of Cards). Leder (On the Basis of Sex, Deep Impact, The Leftovers, ER) executive produces and directs under a multi-year overall deal with Apple TV+.
Developed by Kerry Ehrin, The Morning Show is executive produced by Aniston and Kristin Hahn through Echo Films; Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter through Hello Sunshine. You can check out the logline for the series below:
“The Morning Show explores the cutthroat world of morning news and the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning. In addition to Aniston and Witherspoon, the star-studded ensemble cast is led by Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Greta Lee, Jon Hamm and Nicole Beharie.”
In its first season, Crudup’s performance as Cory Ellison earned an Emmy Award in the Supporting Actor in a Drama Series category, in addition to a Critics Choice Award. Aniston’s powerful performance as Alex Levy, earned a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series, as well as an Emmy Award nomination. Leder also received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for the season one finale.
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The broadly acclaimed second season received Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Reese Witherspoon; Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Billy Crudup; and, Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, Marcia Gay Harden. Additionally, the series has received nominations from the Television Critics Association for Outstanding New Program and a TV Choice Award for Best New Drama.
Cotillard can currently be seen starring in Mona Achache’s docudrama, Little Girl Blue, and, later this year, stars in Ellen Kuras’ Lee alongside Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Andrea Riseborough and Josh O’Connor.
The first three seasons of Apple’s Emmy, SAG and Critics Choice Award-winning
The Morning Show
are now streaming globally on Apple TV+.
