Debra Messing ... Molly Kagan
　　　Joe Mantegna ... Lou Manahan
　　　Judy Davis ... Joan McAllister
　　　Anika Noni Rose ... Lavender
　　　Miranda Otto ... Cricket Stewart
　　　Peter Jacobson ... Kenny Kagan
　　　Stephen Moyer ... Sam
　　　Aden Young ... Jorge Stewart
　　　Chris Diamantopoulos ... Rodney

The Starter Wife, based on the best-selling novel by Gigi Levangie Grazer, chronicles the events of one woman's life following her divorce after years of marriage to a Hollywood studio executive. Debra Messing (Will & Grace, Ned and Stacy) stars in the six-hour mini-series. Sara Parriott and Josann McGibbon (Runaway Bride, 3 Men and a Little Lady) wrote the screenplay, and the Emmy-nominated Jon Avnet (Uprising, The Burning Bed, Fried Green Tomatoes) has directed and produced the event. The premiere is a two-hour event, followed by four weekly hour-long episodes.