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Kathryn Hahn has her next role lined up.
According to Variety, the Emmy-nominated actress, 48, will join ShowtimeтАЩs upcoming series тАЬThe Comeback GirlтАЭ, dramatizing the life and career of Joan Rivers. Hahn is attached to play the iconic comedian.
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In addition to starring, Hahn will executive produce the series alongside director Greg Berlanti. Cosmo Carlson will write and executive produce.
тАЬThe Comeback GirlтАЭ is set in the aftermath of FoxтАЩs cancellation of her late-night talk show, тАЬThe Late ShowтАЭ, which was followed by RiversтАЩ husband (and тАЬLate ShowтАЭ producer) Edgar Rosenberg taking his own life.
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тАЬTrailblazer. Adored. Cruel. Diva. Joan Rivers had a life like no other. At age 54, she was a superstar comedienneтАж and then it all fell apart,тАЭ reads the official logline, via Variety. тАЬтАШThe Comeback GirlтАЩ 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.тАЭ
Rivers died at age 81 on Sept. 4, 2014, several days after sheтАЩd stopped breathing during a routine endoscopy on her throat.
