Guest Stars Jayme Lawson as Young Michelle Ellen Burstyn as Sara Delano Roosevelt Michael Potts as Fraser Robinson Jackie Earle Haley as Louis McHenry Howe Kristine Frøseth as Young Betty Kate Mulgrew as Susan Sher Eliza Scanlen as Young Eleanor Co Starring Judy Gold as Elizabeth Read Bernadette Quigley as Esther Lape Maria Dizzia as Lucy Mercer Elizabeth Cappuccino as Meg Tory Trowbridge as Trudie Gwendolyn Ellis as Martha Gellhorn Patrice Johnson as Clara Powell Charlie Plummer as Young Franklin Delano Roosevelt Tom Galantich as Michael Riordan Raphael Luce as Young James Roosevelt Leslie Kritzer as Martha Graham Bernard Bell as Dance Partner Thomas E. Sullivan as Bill Warren Trudie Petersen as Willa Cather Erin Davie as Joyce Rumsfeld Lauren Revard as Progressive Woman Nikki Landry as Roosevelt Nanny Max Ragone as Elliot Roosevelt Jr. Olivia Cannon as Young Anna Roosevelt Wyatt Hunt as Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. Tristan Borders as John Roosevelt George Bryant as Ailing Man Gavin White as Young Michael Ford Arlo Mertz as Young Susan Ford Erica Frene as Luncheon Guest 4 Dani Liggens as Nurse Judith Cynthia Evans as Luncheon Guest 3 Jillian Batherson as Luncheon Guest 1 James Knight as Dr. Byrne Ray Bengston as Dr. McCartan Kristen Keenan Smith as Luncheon Guest 5 Kelly Tippens as Luncheon Guest 6 Paul Holcomb as Young Steven Ford Jack Schmeichel as Young Jack Ford Bree Rosen as Nurse at Desk Brittany Wilkerson as Luncheon Guest 7 Tenaya Cleveland as Luncheon Guest 2