Lindsay Lohan Makes TV Debut in Hulu's Count My Lies
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- Hulu has set "Count My Lies," a limited series adapted from Sophie Stava's debut novel, and the streamer's social accounts confirm production is now underway — though no release date has been announced.
- Lindsay Lohan makes her television debut as the charismatic Violet, the article notes, in a role that positions her as the employer of a compulsive-liar nanny.
- Shailene Woodley is cast as Sloane Caraway, the compulsive liar who fibs her way into a nanny job in Violet's household — a premise the article compares to the Paul Feig-directed adaptation of Frieda McFadden's "The Housemaid."
- Kit Harington plays Violet's husband Jay Lockhart, with Katherine LaNasa (Deadline says she's a star of "The Pitt") as Sloane's mother Tracy, Lou Diamond Phillips recurring as Tracy's boyfriend Paul, and Sophia Bush boarding as Tribeca architect and mother Allison.
- Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, former "This Is Us" executive producers and co-showrunners, are behind the series through their The Walk-Up Company and their overall deal with 20th Television, with Lohan, Woodley, Scott Morgan, and Stava also executive producing.
- "Count My Lies" was published March 4, 2025 by Scout Press, a Simon & Schuster imprint, and was the GMA Book Club pick for that month.
Why it matters: The series marks Lindsay Lohan formally re-entering the entertainment industry in a lead television role, backed by a stacked cast and the Aptaker/Berger showrunner pairing. The premise — a liar embedded in a household brimming with secrets — explicitly echoes the successful "Housemaid" formula, giving Hulu another limited-series adaptation in a vein that has already proven buzzy.
