The Democratic National Convention is soon upon us, and Kamala Harris has already officially secured the Democratic Party’s nomination for President. Time to take a look at how fiction has superseded reality with some of the most memorable female US Presidents on film and television. Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Gov.
Tim Walz, will be the stars in Chicago on Monday, as the Democratic National Convention runs from tomorrow until Thursday 22 August. This is a historic event as has already officially secured the Democratic Party’s nomination for President – becoming the first woman of colour to win a major party’s nomination. Hollywood is expected to hit the Windy City, with the likes of Uma Thurman, Yvette Nicole Brown, Anthony Anderson, Busy Philipps, David Cross and Danai Gurira set to make an appearance.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus has even dropped a big hint to that she will be attending the DNC in support of Harris, adding that she plans to be “extra-involved” in Harris’ . The award-winning actress is famous for several of her roles on the big and small screen, including Veep, the fantastic HBO political comedy created by . The show, based on fictional vice-president Selina Meyer who ends up becoming POTUS, earned Louis-Dreyfus six Emmy Awards in the titular role.
It ended in 2019 but viewership of the comedy has gone through the roof since Harris’s run was announced. Louis-Dreyfus said the show played into the fact that female candidates are .