Meet the Star-Studded Cast of HBO's 'Gilded Age'

If you were wondering what a star-studded cast looks like - you would want to read this piece. HBO is gearing up for a major period drama, Gilded Age and has roped in some of the biggest names for the show. Some big time winners and A-listers are getting together which include the likes of Christine Baranski, Amanda Peet, Cynthia Nixon and Morgan Spector have been roped in to play important roles in the show.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, The HBO and Universal TV co-production, originally set at NBC way back in 2012, has a 10-episode commitment from the premium cable outlet. A premiere date hasn't been set. The Gilded Age begins in 1882 and will introduce Marian Brook, the orphaned daughter of a Southern general, who moves into the home of her rigidly conventional aunts (Baranski and Nixon) in New York City. Accompanied by the mysterious Peggy Scott, an African American woman masquerading as her maid, Marian gets caught up in the dazzling lives of her stupendously rich neighbors, led by a ruthless railroad tycoon and his ambitious wife, who are struggling for acceptance in the Astor and Vanderbilt set.

Baranski will play Agnes van Rhijn, a proud and stubborn aristocrat who will never accept the world has changed and old values are being replaced by new ones.

Nixon plays Ada Brook. She's another victim of the old South, but unlike sister Agnes, she didn't find a way out until it was too late and was forced back on her sister's charity. 

Peet returns to HBO after starring in Togetherness. The Brockmire actress, who will also star in season two of anthology Dirty John on USA, plays Bertha Russell. She comes from a middle-class background and backed her instincts when she set out to marry George, the son of a merchant family who has turned out to be a financial genius.

Spector plays George Russell, a classic robber baron of his time.