Annette Bening Joins Katrina: American Crime Story
The American Beauty star will play Kathleen Blanco, the governor of Louisiana at the time of Hurricane Katrina.
Last month, FX boss John Landgraf announced that Katrina won't debut until 2018 in order to give producers more time to craft "material we're happy with," and because of production restraints in New Orleans.
Bening is the first official cast member announced for Katrina, though executive producer Ryan Murphy has said he'd like to reassemble as much of the People v. O.J. Simpson cast as possible.
The four-time Oscar nominee, who can currently be seen in 20th Century Women, for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination, received an Emmy nomination 11 years ago for her performance in the HBO movie Mrs. Harris.