Andie MacDowell, Margaret Qualley to play mother-daughter in new series

Andie MacDowell and Margaret Qualley… name a more iconic duo. We’ll wait.

If you somehow avoided the near-constant cycle of Margaret Qualley-related news that lasted for most of 2019, you might've missed the fact that Andie MacDowell and Margaret Qualley have a very close connection — as in, MacDowell is actually Qualley’s mom (yes, in real life!) Now, they’re bringing their mother-daughter dynamic to the screen for the very first time.

Deadline reports that MacDowell is officially set to star opposite her daughter in Maid, a new dramedy series inspired by Stephanie Land’s bestselling memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive. 

Qualley is set to star as Alex, a single mother who turns to housekeeping to make ends meet. Much like the memoir, the show will explore themes of motherhood, poverty, homelessness and social stature. Described by the Washington Post as “one woman’s story of inching out of the dirt, and how the middle class turns a blind eye to the poverty lurking just a few rungs below,” Maid is sure to be a moving and gritty portrayal of the critically acclaimed memoir.

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MacDowell, for her part, will play Qualley’s mother Paula, an eccentric and self-proclaimed artist, who, according to Deadline,  also struggles with "psychological demons – a struggle she has never acknowledged, and often does not win." MacDowell and Qualley are joined by Nick Robinson (Love, Simon) and Anika Noni Rose (Dreamgirls), who both also previously starred in Everything, Everything.

Maid recently began production in Vancouver before pausing filming due to a delay in COVID-19 test results. Details surrounding when the series is slated to hit Netflix have, so far, been kept under wraps.

Although this project marks the first time Qualley and MacDowell are working together in this capacity, it feels like it's been a long time coming. Qualley recently starred in My Salinger Year, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Fosse/Verdon, just to name a few, while MacDowell starred in last year's cult hit Ready or Not, and recently made a cameo in the Quibi series Wireless, as well as Hulu’s Four Weddings and a Funeral series.

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