Jessica Chastain is taking on her next TV role.
The 49-year-old star will be joining Netflix’s upcoming drama series The Retrievals from sirens creator Molly Smith Metzler, as per Deadline.
Based on Susan Burton’s Peabody Award-winning New York Times podcast, The Retrievals centers on a group of IVF patients who form an unexpected community after discovering they underwent procedures without anesthesia because a nurse had stolen their fentanyl.
Together, they launch a campaign against Yale University.
Beyond its fight and pursuit for justice, the show is expected to offer a moving look at the friendships and perseverance that emerge from a shared ordeal.
The It: Chapter two actress will star alongside The Running Man actress Emilia Jones and Central Intelligence actress Amy Ryan.
Jessica takes on the role of Kaitlyn Langford, a former art historian who has spent the last 10 years navigating one failed fertility treatment after another.
Her life takes an unexpected turn when Kaitlyn discovers that she was a victim of criminal drug diversion at the Yale Fertility Center, alongside Gabby Clemente, played by Emilia.
She then becomes a key plaintiff in a historic legal battle against Yale.
In the series, Amy is expected to play Carla Russo, a veteran nurse at Yale Fertility Center who pleads guilty after diverting large amounts of fentanyl and replacing the drug with saline, forcing many patients to undergo egg retrieval surgery without anesthesia.