Octavia Spencer is about to show Netflix the money, as the streamer announced during the Television Critics Association press tour Sunday the Academy Award winner will lead “Madam C.J. Walker,” their upcoming limited series about America’s first self-made, black female millionaire.
Based on the book “On Her Own Ground,” by A’Lelia Bundles, the eight-episode series tells the untold story of black hair care pioneer and mogul Madam C.J. Walker and how she overcame hostile turn-of-the-century America, epic rivalries, tumultuous marriages and trifling family to become the first black woman to reach millionaire status in the United States.
Spencer will executive produce the series, along with LeBron James, and star as Sarah Breedlove, famously known as Madam C.J.