Annette Bening Joins ‘Lucky’ Drama at Apple TV+
Apple TV+‘s limited series Lucky has added a second big name to its cast.
Annette Bening will star opposite Anya Taylor-Joy in the drama, which is based on Marissa Stapley’s best-selling novel of the same name. The series centers on Lucky (Taylor-Joy), a young woman who has left an earlier life of crime behind her but is drawn back in as she attempts to escape her past.
Bening will play Priscilla, who in the novel is a thief and a thorn in Lucky’s side.
Apple TV+ ordered the series in December from creator Jonathan Tropper (See, the forthcoming Your Friends & Neighbors) and Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine (the novel was a Reese’s Book Club selection). Apple Studios is producing.
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Tropper, who has an overall deal with Apple TV+, is adapting the novel and will serve as co-showrunner with Cassie Pappas. They executive produce with Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter of Hello Sunshine, Taylor-Joy (via her Ladykiller banner) and director Jonathan Van Tulleken.
Bening is a five-time Oscar nominee, most recently for Nyad last year. She starred in Peacock’s limited series Apples Never Fall in 2024; other recent credits include feature films Captain Marvel, Death on the Nile and The Report. She is repped by CAA and Gochman Law Group.
