'Beautiful Creatures' Star Rachel Brosnahan Cast In Amazon's 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'

Rachel Brosnahan just scored the lead role in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

Deadline reports that the 25-year-old former Beautiful Creatures actress will play the title role in Amy Sherman-Palladino’s new series.

Set in the 1950s, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel centers on Miriam ‘Midge’ Maisel, a 25-year-old sharp, sunny, energetic and absolutely adorable Jewish girl married and living with her husband and two children in NYC. A woman of her time, Midge is a dutiful daughter and a cheerleader of a wife to a man who, though he has a good job in his father’s company, sadly harbors delusional dreams of a stand-up comedy career.

One day, Midge’s perfect life blows up when her husband leaves her for another woman. Completely unprepared, Midge suddenly finds herself at sea with only her wit to help her build a brand new life for herself. She goes on to become one of the first female standup comics.

Rachel has also starred in WGN’s Manhattan and House of Cards.