Alicia Silverstone (Clueless) has been tapped to star in TV Land pilot American Woman, inspired by the life of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills‘ Kyle Richards.
Silverstone will play Bonnie Nolan, a mother with two daughters who finds herself facing an entirely new world after she leaves her husband. As she struggles to raise her family, Bonnie sets out to claim her own brand of independence in a world not ready to give it.
The pilot is produced by John Wells Productions in association with Warner Horizon Television for TV Land, and will be executive produced by Wells and John Riggi, who wrote the pilot script. Richards will co-executive produce.
Coming up for Silverstone on the film side is coming-of-age drama The Tribes of Palos Verdes, based on Joy Nicholson’s debut YA novel that is being toplined by Jennifer Garner.
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