Beanie Feldstein & Annaleigh Ashford Join AMERICAN CRIME STORY Season Three

Stage stars Beanie Feldstein and Annaleigh Ashford are set to star in the upcoming third season of Ryan Murphy's television drama American Crime Story, which will premiere September 27, 2020.

The third installment of the hit anthology series is set to chronicle the Lewinsky scandal, as well as the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.

Feldstein is set to star as Monica Lewinsky, joining Sarah Paulson as Linda Tripp with Tony Award-winner Ashford as Clinton accuser Paula Jones.

The season will be based on Jeffrey Toobin's book "A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President."

According to Variety, production on Season 3 will begin in February 2020.

Beanie Feldstein made her Broadway debut in Hello, Dolly! Film credits include Booksmart, Lady Bird, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, and The Female Brain.

Annaleigh Ashford has appeared on Broadway in Sunday in the Park With George, Sylvia (Drama League nom.), You Can't Take It With You (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle awards), Kinky Boots (Clarence Derwent Award, Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle noms.), Wicked, Hair, and Legally Blonde. Off-Broadway credits include Sunday in the Park With George (Encores!), Rent (Drama League, Clive Barnes Award noms.), and Dogfight.

Sarah Paulson's film career includes features with ensemble members Lois Smith (Griffin & Phoenix), Austin Pendleton (The Notorious Bettie Page) and John Malkovich, whom she joins in the Netflix film Bird Box. On stage, she has appeared in a wide-range of productions including the title role in Lanford Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Talley's Folly, Cherry Orchard with Alfred Molina and Annette Bening, and Broadway's The Glass Menagerie alongside Jessica Lange.