Promising Young Woman Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

Everyone said Cassie (Carey Mulligan) was a promising young woman ... until a tragic event abruptly derailed her future. Now she’s a medical school drop-out, living at home with her worried parents and working at a coffee shop with a concerned boss (Laverne Cox). It seems like she is at a standstill, except for the double life Cassie leads at night...

Thriller

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Promising Young Woman.

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  Carey Mulligan

  Spaceman, Saltburn

• A
  Alison Brie

  Masters of the Universe, Freelance

• C
  Connie Britton

  Here After, This Is Where I Leave You

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  Adam Brody

  River Wild, The Gutter

• J
  Jennifer Coolidge

  A Minecraft Movie, Shotgun Wedding

• L
  Laverne Cox

  Uglies, Grandma

• M
  Max Greenfield

  What Men Want, Unfrosted

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  Christopher Mintz-Plasse

  Movie 43, Trolls Band Together

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  Sam Richardson

  The 4:30 Movie, The Tomorrow War

• M
  Molly Shannon

  Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, Hotel Transylvania

• C
  Chris Lowell

  Brightest Star, Veronica Mars

• C
  Clancy Brown

  The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, The Fix

Crew Behind the Film

The Promising Young Woman behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Emerald Fennell last directed Saltburn and Wuthering Heights. The film's writer Emerald Fennell last wrote Saltburn and Zatanna.

Director

Emerald Fennell

Screenwriter

Emerald Fennell

Producers

Tom Ackerley
Ben Browning
Emerald Fennell
Ashley Fox
Josey McNamar

Additional Information

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Production Details

What we know about the Promising Young Woman movie production.

Key Facts

• Promising Young Woman will be available at home on demand for a 48-hour rental period beginning Friday, January 15th (1/10/2021).
• Focus Features will release Promising Young Woman on Friday April 17, 2020 domestically in North America (11/27/19)
• The filmmakers of Promising Young Woman also include production designer Michael Perry (Under the Silver Lake; Killer Elite), costume designer Nancy Steiner (Twin Peaks; The Killing of a Sacred Deer) and director of photography Benjamin Kracun (Beast; The Tunnel).
• Focus Features and Universal Pictures International will distribute the film worldwide, excluding Australia, New Zealand, Benelux, Israel, Greece, Middle East, CIS, and South Africa.

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