Academy Award® winner Octavia Spencer stars as Madam C.J. Walker, the trailblazing African American haircare entrepreneur who was America’s first female self-made millionaire.
Inspired by the book, On Her Own Ground written by Walker’s great-great-granddaughter A’Lelia Bundles, the Netflix original series, brings the uplifting story of this cultural icon to the screen for the first time.
Against all odds, Walker overcame post-slavery racial and gender biases, personal betrayals, and business rivalries to build a ground-breaking brand that revolutionised black haircare, as she simultaneously fought for social change.
Starring Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures) as C.J. Walker, Blair Underwood (Quantico) as her husband C.J. Walker, Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip) as her daughter Leila, Carmen Ejogo (Selma) as Walker’s business rival Addie Monroe, Garrett Morris (2 Broke Girls) as Walker’s father-in-law, Kevin Carroll (Snowfall) as her longtime lawyer Ransom, and Bill Bellamy (Mr. Box Office)as Ransom’s cousin Sweetness.
The series was created by Nicole Jefferson Asher with co-showrunners Elle Johnson & Janine Sherman Barrois, directed by Kasi Lemmons and DeMane Davis, and executive produced by Barrois, Johnson, Maverick Carter, Jamal Henderson, Eric Oberland, Christine Holder, Mark Holder, Kasi Lemmons, LeBron James and Octavia Spencer.
Self Made: Inspired By The Life of Madam C.J. Walker premieres March 20th on Netflix with four episodes.
