Michelle Dockery to lead new Apple limited series ‘Defending Jacob’.
Dockery joins previously announced Chris Evans. The series is based on the 2012 best-selling novel of the same name by William Landay. It tells the story of Andy Barber (played by Evans), a father whose 14 year-old son Jacob (Jaeden Martell) is accused of murder. Dockery will star as Laurie Barber, Andy’s wife and Jacob’s mother.