{"id":2333818,"date":"2026-03-17T21:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T21:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2333818"},"modified":"2026-03-17T21:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T21:15:13","slug":"elisabeth-moss-and-producing-partner-lindsey-mcmanus-talk-six-year-journey-to-imperfect-women-rebuilding-gilead-for-the-testaments-and-bucking-that-vanity-ep-narra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/elisabeth-moss-and-producing-partner-lindsey-mcmanus-talk-six-year-journey-to-imperfect-women-rebuilding-gilead-for-the-testaments-and-bucking-that-vanity-ep-narra\/","title":{"rendered":"Elisabeth Moss and Producing Partner Lindsey McManus Talk Six-Year Journey to \u2018Imperfect Women,\u2019 Rebuilding Gilead for \u2018The Testaments\u2019 and Bucking That Vanity EP Narrative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">This week, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0005253\/\">Elisabeth Moss<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm8558873\/\">Lindsey McManus<\/a> are celebrating the debut of Apple TV\u2019s \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt31937954\/\">Imperfect Women<\/a>,\u201d the first project the pair picked up after launching their Love &amp; Squalor production banner six years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first thing that we ever discussed together as a partnership, which was months before we ever officially had a partnership, was this book, \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt31937954\/\">Imperfect Women<\/a>,&#8217;\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm8351647\/\">Moss<\/a>, who stars in the Apple TV thriller series alongside <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0544718\/\">Kate Mara<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0913488\/\">Kerry Washington<\/a>, told Variety.<\/p>\n<p>With no deal in place, no contract signed and fears that McManus was going to team up with another partner, Moss sent McManus the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm15974067\/\">Araminta Hall<\/a> novel in the fall of 2019 in hopes they would one day work together.<\/p>\n<p>McManus \u2014 who previously ran Diablo Cody\u2019s production company Vita Vera for three years and was formerly a scripted television and talent agent at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co1073397\/\">WME<\/a> \u2014 read it and loved it and encouraged Moss to acquire the rights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Elisabeth Moss and Lindsey McManus are celebrating the debut of Apple TV\u2019s \u201cImperfect Women,\u201d the first project the pair picked up after launching their Love &amp; 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