Peacock has lined up the two leads for its limited series The Good Daughter. Rose Byrne and Meghann Fahy will lead the drama, which is based on a novel by Karin Slaughter (who is also writing every episode of the series). Byrne will also be an executive producer.
The Good Daughter scored a straight-to-series order at Peacock in March, with Jessica Biel attached to star. Biel departed the project in September; Fahy is taking on the role Biel had been set to play.
The series centers on two sisters, Charlotte (Fahy) and Samantha (Byrne) Quinn, who have spent the last 28 years trying to piece together the lives that were fractured by a single night of violence. When another attack splinters the small town of Pikeville, Charlotte is the first witness on the scene. A lawyer like her father, she’s forced to confront her own demons as the case twists through shocking revelations, and both she and Samantha wonder if the price of being the good daughter was worth it.
Byrne stars with Seth Rogen in Platonic at Apple TV+ and also led that streamer’s Physical for three seasons. Fahy is coming off The Perfect Couple at Netflix and counts season two of The White Lotus and The Bold Type among her credits.
Slaughter (Will Trent, Pieces of Her) is executive producing The Good Daughter with Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky and Casey Haver of Made Up Stories, director Steph Green (The Americans) and Byrne. Fifth Season is the studio.
