Guest Stars Jayme Lawson as Young Michelle Ellen Burstyn as Sara Delano Roosevelt Michael Potts as Fraser Robinson Jackie Earle Haley as Louis McHenry Howe Kristine Frøseth as Young Betty Kate Mulgrew as Susan Sher Eliza Scanlen as Young Eleanor Co Starring Judy Gold as Elizabeth Read Bernadette Quigley as Esther Lape Patrice Johnson as Clara Powell Elizabeth Cappuccino as Meg Maria Dizzia as Lucy Mercer Tory Trowbridge as Trudie Gwendolyn Ellis as Martha Gellhorn Charlie Plummer as Young Franklin Delano Roosevelt Leslie Kritzer as Martha Graham Bernard Bell as Dance Partner Raphael Luce as Young James Roosevelt Tom Galantich as Michael Riordan Thomas E. Sullivan as Bill Warren Wyatt Hunt as Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. Erin Davie as Joyce Rumsfeld Tristan Borders as John Roosevelt Nikki Landry as Roosevelt Nanny Olivia Cannon as Young Anna Roosevelt Max Ragone as Elliot Roosevelt Jr. Lauren Revard as Progressive Woman Trudie Petersen as Willa Cather Arlo Mertz as Young Susan Ford Brittany Wilkerson as Luncheon Guest 7 Erica Frene as Luncheon Guest 4 Dani Liggens as Nurse Judith George Bryant as Ailing Man Jillian Batherson as Luncheon Guest 1 James Knight as Dr. Byrne Bree Rosen as Nurse at Desk Paul Holcomb as Young Steven Ford Jack Schmeichel as Young Jack Ford Kelly Tippens as Luncheon Guest 6 Ray Bengston as Dr. McCartan Gavin White as Young Michael Ford Cynthia Evans as Luncheon Guest 3 Kristen Keenan Smith as Luncheon Guest 5 Tenaya Cleveland as Luncheon Guest 2