Sarah Jessica Parker’s Best Day of My Life has just cast Jacqueline Bisset as Parker’s mother
Emmy-nominated actress Jacqueline Bisset (Joan of Arc, Dancing On the Edge) has been cast in Sarah Jessica Parker‘s (Sex and the City, I Don’t Know How She Does It) upcoming romantic drama Best Day of My Life, according to Variety. Bisset will reportedly play the role of Parker’s mother. Best Day of My Life also stars Renee Zellweger (Bridget Jones’s Diary, Jerry Maguire), Common (Smokin’ Aces, Now You See Me), Isabella Rossellini (Blue Velvet, Death Becomes Her), Simon Baker (The Mentalist, The Devil Wears Prada), Taylor Kinney (The Other Woman, Zero Dark Thirty), and Gus Birney (The Mist, Chicago Med).
Best Day of My Life is the story of a jazz vocalist (Parker) in New York City who gets a terrible diagnosis as she is about to begin a world tour. Her mother (Bisset) comes to visit her daughter for the weekend in New York, and mostly speaks French.
The film will be directed by Fabien Constant and the screenplay comes to us from Laura Eason. Parker will serve as a producer along with Ambi Group’s Andrea Ievolino and Monica Bacardi, as well as Alison Benson. Executive producers include Phil Hunt and Compton Ross of Head Gear Films.
Jacqueline Bisset is known for her work in the miniseries Joan of Arc, for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award, as well as Dancing on the Edge, for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She’s also known for her roles in Day for Night and Murder on the Orient Express.
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