Through Julia Child’s life and her singular joie de vivre, the series explores a pivotal time in American history – the emergence of public television as a new social institution, feminism and the women's movement, the nature of celebrity and America's cultural evolution.

• Sarah Lancashire
• David Hyde Pierce
• Brittany Bradford
• Fran Kranz
• Fiona Glascott
• Bebe Neuwirth
• Isabella Rossellini
• Jefferson Mays