Kate Winslet stars in the title role of the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce, along with Guy Pearce, Evan Rachel Wood , Brían O’Byrne , James LeGros , Melissa Leo, Mare Winningham and Hope Davis. Directed by Todd Haynes, Mildred Pierce is the epic story of a proud single mother struggling to earn her daughter’s love during the Great Depression in middle-class Los Angeles. The five-part miniseries, produced in association with MGM, will follow the story laid out by James M. Cain in his 1941 novel of the same name.
