#The maid netflix series

Other cast members include Anika Noni Rose, Raymond Ablack and Tracy Vilar.īehind the camera, Margot Robbie is listed as an executive producer through her company Luck圜hap Productions. Qualley's real-life mother Andie MacDowell was also cast as her on-screen mother, Paula, while Billy Burke plays Alex's absent father Hank.

#The maid netflix series

Ricardo Hubbs/Netflix The team behind the Netflix series MaidĪfter Netflix fought off competition to win the right to Land's story, Qualley was cast to play her-for the adaptation, Stephanie's name was changed to Alex. Margaret Qualley stars as Alex in Netflix series 'Maid.' It was inspired by Stephanie Land's memoir. She'd protect their identities by giving them pseudonyms like Cigarette Lady, Sad House and Farm House. Land wrote about her own situation whilst also describing the lives of the rich people she worked for. He included the book in his 2019 Summer Reading List and described the book as, 'A single mother's personal, unflinching look at America's class divide, a description of the tightrope many families walk just to get by, and a reminder of the dignity of all work.' Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother's Will to Survive received widespread praise from the likes of The Washington Post, Forbes and Time but perhaps most impressively, from President Barack Obama. 'I want those invisible, forgotten people, and their stories, to come into the light. Land later wrote an open piece for the publication and spoke about her intention of publishing her memoir. 'For me, I felt like if I wasn't making it, I wasn't working hard enough.' She continued: 'America lives by the myth that if you work hard enough, you'll make it,' she said. In 2019 Land told The Telegraph that she was 'overwhelmed by how much work it took to prove I was poor.'

Many scenes from the book are included within the Netflix series: Living below the poverty line and relying on welfare programs to get by, escaping an abusive boyfriend, taking her daughter to a homeless shelter, not being able to afford lunch when her mother refuses to pay. Read more 20 Celebrities You Didn't Know Were Related