Kate Winslet: New Miniseries On HBO!

Kate Winslet will star in Mildred Pierce, a five-hour miniseries on HBO!

The 34-year-old actress will star as the title character, a single mother in middle-class Los Angeles during the Great Depression who is trying to earn her daughter’s love. Casting is currently under way for the other roles, according to THR.

Production is set to begin in April in New York, and Todd Haynes (I’m Not There) is directing.