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Kathryn Hahn will reportedly portray Joan Rivers in limited series 'The Comeback Girl'
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Kathryn Hahn will reportedly portray Joan Rivers in limited series 'The Comeback Girl'

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According to Variety on Wednesday, Kathryn Hahn is set to portray Joan Rivers in a limited series Showtime is developing titled The Comeback Girl.

"The Comeback Girl is primarily set in the aftermath of the cancellation of The Late Show, which coincided with Rivers’ husband (and Late Show producer) Edgar Rosenberg’s death by suicide," Variety relayed, as well as the official logline: 

“Trailblazer. Adored. Cruel. Diva. Joan Rivers had a life like no other. At age 54, she was a super comedienne…and then it all fell apart. THE COMEBACK GIRL is the awe-inspiring untold story of how Joan Rivers persevered through near suicide and professional abyss to rebuild herself and her career to become a global icon."

Hahn is fresh off a Primetime Emmy nomination for her supporting role of Agnes/Agatha Harkness on Disney Plus' breakout series WandaVision. The 48-year-old actress will next star in Apple TV Plus' The Shrink Next Door with Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd:

Rivers died Sept. 4, 2014, at 81 years old after an endoscopy gone terribly wrong.

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