Michelle Pfeiffer and her husband, David E. Kelley , are working together for the first time in over 30 years of marriage. Pfeiffer, 66, will star in the new AppleTV+ series from A24 Margo’s Got Money Troubles alongside Elle Fanning and Nicole Kidman , Deadline reported on Monday, September 23.
Fanning and Kidman are listed as executive producers, while Kelley will serve as showrunner, writer and executive producer. Based on the novel by Rufi Thorpe , Margo’s Got Money Troubles is an eight-part series that will follow Fanning’s Margo Millet, a 20-year-old college student and single mother who joins OnlyFans as a way to make ends meet. Pfeiffer will portray Margo’s mother Shyanne, a waitress at Hooter’s, while Kidman will reportedly portray a mediator between Margo and her English professor, who also happens to be the father of her child.
“2025 is already off to a great start!” Pfeiffer wrote via Instagram on Monday alongside the announcement. “Excited to be in such fabulous company on this one.” In her caption, she tagged Kelley, Kidman and Fanning.
Margo’s Got Money Troubles will mark the first time since Pfeiffer and her husband tied the knot in November 1993 that the pair have worked together on a movie or TV show. Pfeiffer told The New Yorker in 2021 that Kelley, who created the hit HBO miniseries Big Little Lies , “writes for women like nobody” but explained why the pair rarely ever team up on professional projects. “I’ve seen a lot of couples.