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The Dropout is a biographical drama miniseries that was released on Hulu on March 3, 2022 and ran for eight episodes. It is based on the ABC News Podcast of the same name hosted by Rebecca Jarvis, itself chronicling the real life events surrounding Elizabeth Holmes and her fraudulent company Theranos.
Synopsis[]
The miniseries follows the rise and subsequent fall of Elizabeth Holmes, a woman who started the company Theranos, who claimed to have developed a method of reading vitals from a single drop of blood, only for it all to be outed as fraud.
Cast[]
Main[]
- Amanda Seyfried as Elizabeth Holmes
- Naveen Andrews as Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani
Recurring and guest[]
- Elizabeth Marvel as Noel Holmes
- Michel Gill as Chris Holmes
- William H. Macy as Richard Fuisz
- Mary Lynn Rajskub as Lorraine Fuisz
- Bill Irwin as Channing Robertson
- Utkarsh Ambudkar as Rakesh Madhava, composite character.
- Laurie Metcalf as Phyllis Gardner
- Stephen Fry as Ian Gibbons
- Kate Burton as Rochelle Gibbons
- James Hiroyuki Liao as Edmond Ku
- Michael Ironside as Don Lucas
- Hart Bochner as Larry Ellison
- Nicky Endres as Ana Arriola
- Amir Arison as Avie Tevanian
- Bashir Salahuddin as Brendan Morris, based on Tony Nugent.
- Shaun J. Brown as Daniel Young
- Alan Ruck as Jay "Dr. Jay" Rosan
- Josh Pais as Wade Miquelon
- Rich Sommer as Kevin Hunter
- Andrew Leeds as Roland
- Sam Waterston as George Shultz
- Anne Archer as Charlotte Shultz
- Dylan Minnette as Tyler Shultz
- Kurtwood Smith as David Boies
- Michaela Watkins as Linda Tanner, based on Heather King.
- Sam Straley as Christian Holmes
- Kevin Sussman as Mark Roessler
- Camryn Mi-Young Kim as Erika Cheung
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach as John Carreyrou
- LisaGay Hamilton as Judith Baker, based on Gerard Baker.
- Garrett Coffey as Billy Evans
Episode[]
| No. | Title | Director | Writer | Air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | "I'm In a Hurry" | Michael Showalter | Elizabeth Meriwether | March 3, 2022 |
| 02 | "Satori" | Michael Showalter | Matt Lutsky | March 3, 2022 |
| 03 | "Green Juice" | Michael Showalter | Hilary Bettis | March 3, 2022 |
| 04 | "Old White Men" | Michael Showalter | Dan LeFranc | March 10, 2022 |
| 05 | "Flower of Life" | Francesca Gregorini | Liz Hannah | March 17, 2022 |
| 06 | "Iron Sisters" | Francesca Gregorini | Wei-Ning Yu | March 24, 2022 |
| 07 | "Heroes" | Erica Watson | Liz Heldens | March 31, 2022 |
| 08 | "Lizzie" | Erica Watson | Teleplay by: Elizabeth Meriwether Story by: Elizabeth Meriwether & Sofya Levitsky-Weitz |
April 7, 2022 |
Trivia[]
- Jennifer Lawrence and Adam McKay were in the process of developing a feature film about Elizabeth Holmes around the time the miniseries went into production. After the premiere, Lawrence called off the film.
- Kate McKinnon was set to play Elizabeth Holmes, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.
Video[]
The Dropout - Trailer - Hulu
