On the Basis of Sex

Her story made history

Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of sex discrimination.

Drama History

Felicity Jones

(Ruth Bader Ginsburg)

Armie Hammer

(Martin D. Ginsburg)

Justin Theroux

(Mel Wulf)

Sam Waterston

(Erwin Griswold)

Kathy Bates

(Dorothy Kenyon)

Cailee Spaeny

(Jane C. Ginsburg)

Callum Shoniker

(James Steven Ginsburg)

Jack Reynor

(James H. Bozarth)

Stephen Root

(Professor Brown)

Ronald Guttman

(Professor Gerald Gunther)

Chris Mulkey

(Charles Moritz)

Gary Werntz

(Judge William Edward Doyle)

Francis X. McCarthy

(Judge Fred Daugherty)

Ben Carlson

(Judge William Judson Halloway Jr.)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

(Self)

Amanda MacDonald

(Stern Mother)

Karl Graboshas

(Emergency Room Doctor)

Angela Galuppo

(Emily Hicks)

Joe Cobden

(Jim)

Dawn Ford

(Nurse 1)

Michael Dickson

(Second Professor)

Holly Gauthier-Frankel

(Millicent)

Jeff Lillico

(Fitzpatrick)

Arthur Holden

(Wyland Leadbetter)

Gabrielle Graham

(Parker)

Wendy Crewson

(Harriet Griswold)

John Ralston

(Tom Miller)