Creators:
David E. KelleyScreenplay:
David E. KelleyComposer:
Sam WilliamsCast:
Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Alexander Skarsgård, Laura Dern, Adam Scott, Zoë Kravitz, Parker Croft, James Tupper, Sarah Baker (more)VOD (3)
Seasons(2) / Episodes(14)
Plots(1)
Based on the bestselling novel of the same name, and featuring tour de force performances by several top Hollywood actors, BIG LITTLE LIES is a darkly comic drama set in Monterey, CA that begins with a suspicious homicide at an elementary-school fundraiser. Though the victim and the perpetrator initially remain a mystery, it seems likely that the murder was spawned by rivalries and secrets surrounding three mothers: type-A stay-at-home mom Madeline Mackenzie (Reese Witherspoon), who harbors jealousy towards her ex's new, younger wife Bonnie (Zoe Kravitz), a yoga instructor with a Zen attitude; Madeline's best friend Celeste Wright (Nicole Kidman), a former corporate lawyer with a seemingly perfect marriage to a younger man (Alexander Skarsgård); and Jane Chapman (Shailene Woodley), a single mom with a dark past, whom Madeline and Celeste take under their wing. Intercut with interrogation-room insights of other parents and school staff – who offer up a Greek chorus of gossip on the town's allegiances and rivalries, particularly revolving around Madeline and her nemesis, tech-exec career mom Renata Klein (Laura Dern) – the story unspools over seven tense yet subversively funny episodes, revealing how each of the women had something to hide leading up to that one fateful night. (HBO Europe)
(more)Cast
![Mykal-Michelle Harris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/264/164264901_4756dd.jpg)
Mykal-Michelle Harris
USA
Best series:
Big Little Lies (2017) (series)
Summer Camp Island (2018) (series)
The Affair (2014) (series)
Michelle Lenhardt
Best series:
Big Little Lies (2017) (series)
How I Met Your Mother (2005) (series)
The Sarah Silverman Program. (2007) (series)
![Denis O'Hare](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/612/166612385_7fc387.jpg)
Denis O'Hare
USA
Best series:
This Is Us (2016) (series)
Big Little Lies (2017) (series)
Banshee (2013) (series)
![Christopher Backus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/109/161109331_7f754c.jpg)
Christopher Backus
USA
Best series:
Mindhunter (2017) (series)
Big Little Lies (2017) (series)
Bosch (2014) (series)
![Eve Gordon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/244/162244258_4e5226.jpg)
Eve Gordon
USA
Best series:
House M.D. (2004) (series)
The Newsroom (2012) (series)
Big Little Lies (2017) (series)
![John Marshall Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/883/163883782_3aac1c.jpg)
John Marshall Jones
USA
Best series:
Dexter (2006) (series)
Shameless (2011) (series)
Big Little Lies (2017) (series)
![Becky Ann Baker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/470/164470716_f0f65b.jpg)
Becky Ann Baker
USA
Best series:
Billions (2016) (series)
Big Little Lies (2017) (series)
Manhunt (2017) (series)
![Poorna Jagannathan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/007/161007446_9854d2.jpg)
Poorna Jagannathan
Tunisia
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Better Call Saul (2015) (series)
The Night Of (2016) (series)
Mike Bradecich
Best series:
Fargo (2014) (series)
Big Little Lies (2017) (series)
ER (1994) (series)
Will Hawkes
Best series:
Big Little Lies (2017) (series)
Grey's Anatomy (2005) (series)
Leverage (2008) (series)
![Bellina Logan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/791/161791807_e36fdc.jpg)
Bellina Logan
USA
Best series:
Twin Peaks (1990) (series)
Big Little Lies (2017) (series)
American Vandal (2017) (series)
![Travis Schuldt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/354/354072_3d52e8.jpg)
Travis Schuldt
USA
Best series:
The Big Bang Theory (2007) (series)
Big Little Lies (2017) (series)
Community (2009) (series)
Maverick Thompson
Best series:
Big Little Lies (2017) (series)
Silicon Valley (2014) (series)
Criminal Minds (2005) (series)
Teddy Blum
Best series:
Big Little Lies (2017) (series)
For All Mankind (2019) (series)
Life in Pieces (2015) (series)
Taylor Treadwell
USA
Best series:
Homeland (2011) (series)
Big Little Lies (2017) (series)
Ray Donovan (2013) (series)
Tim True
Best series:
Big Little Lies (2017) (series)
American Vandal (2017) (series)
Modern Family (2009) (series)
Lauren Glazier
Best series:
Mindhunter (2017) (series)
Big Little Lies (2017) (series)
Grace and Frankie (2015) (series)
Kathreen Khavari
USA
Best series:
Big Little Lies (2017) (series)
Love Bites (2011) (series)
Insecure (2016) (series)
![Stacie Greenwell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/280/164280748_b8a54f.jpg)
Stacie Greenwell
Best series:
Shameless (2011) (series)
Big Little Lies (2017) (series)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013) (series)
Bruce Nozick
Best series:
Big Little Lies (2017) (series)
Six Feet Under (2001) (series)
Masters of Sex (2013) (series)