Angelyne (miniseries)
Angelyne is an American drama television miniseries created by Nancy Oliver and starring Emmy Rossum as Angelyne. It premiered on Peacock on May 19, 2022.
Premise
Angelyne is an enigmatic blonde bombshell who rose to fame in the 1980s with billboard advertisements featuring her image. In the 2010s, Jeff Glaser, a journalist for The Hollywood Reporter, is trying to uncover the true identity and life story of Angelyne. His efforts are hampered by her secrecy, her own conflicting accounts and of those who know her.Cast and characters
Main
- Emmy Rossum as Angelyne
- Hamish Linklater as Rick Krause, president of Angelyne's fan club
- Philip Ettinger as Cory Hunt, guitarist of the band Baby Blue
- Charlie Rowe as Freddy Messina, keyboardist of Baby Blue and later Angelyne's photographer
- Alex Karpovsky as Jeff Glaser, a journalist for The Hollywood Reporter
- Martin Freeman as Harold Wallach, a printing mogul who backs Angelyne's billboard campaign
- Molly Ephraim as Wendy Wallach, Harold's daughter
- Lukas Gage as Max Allen, a filmmaker working on a documentary about Angelyne
- Michael Angarano as Danny, Angelyne's ex-husband
Guest
- Antjuan Tobias as Bud Griffin, drummer of Baby Blue
- Rosanny Zayas as Glaser's assistant
- Kerry Norton as Edie Wallach, Harold's wife
- Tonatiuh as Andre Casiano, Angelyne's on-and-off assistant
- Toby Huss as Hugh Hefner, the founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine
- Darryl Stephens as Pete, a tchotchke shop clerk
- David Krumholtz as Max Allen's lawyer
- Ian Fisher as Eli Goldman, Angelyne's father
- Hani Furstenberg as Bronis Goldberg, Angelyne's mother