Laura Dern to Star in New Quibi Series

Laura Dern. Photo by Maria Laura Antonelli/Shutterstock (10374784h)

Quibi has tapped Laura Dern to star in one of its series. 

The Little Women and Marriage Story star has been cast in Just One Drink, and will portray a bartended. According to Variety, “the show will be comprised of a series of one-act vignettes between said bartender and the customers she serves, all of whom are in various states of emotional disrepair.”

The series is penned by Oscar-nominated screenwriter and author Nick Hornby. Dern and Hornby will exec produce. 

Dern joins Big Little Lies co-star Reese Witherspoon, who was tapped to narrate the platform’s nature series Fierce Queens

Quibi, which will offer quick bite format content is set to launch April 6.