How The First Lady Gave Viola Davis Those Famous Michelle Obama Eyebrows

Instead of diving deep into the backstories of the country’s many First Ladies, Showtime’s The First Lady zooms in on just three: Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford, and Michelle Obama. Though limited in scope, this still meant that makeup department head Carol Rasheed and her team had more than 100 years of history to cover, from Mrs. Roosevelt’s younger years in the late 1800s to the modern-day Mrs. Obama. “Artistically, that was absolutely a phenomenal opportunity to be able to do that,” Rasheed says of the challenge to hit every decade from the 1890s to the 2010s. “It took tons and… Read Full Article