An American Daughter (also known as "Trial by Media") is a 2000 Lifetime TV network television movie which aired on June 5, 2000.
It is based on Wendy Wasserstein's play of the same name.
Plot[]
Lyssa Dent Hughes, the daughter of Senator Alan Hughes seems like a certain bet for the job of Surgeon General, but when a background check discovers Lyssa's failure to serve on a jury, she finds herself in the media spotlight.
Cast[]
- Christine Lahti as Lyssa Dent Hughes
- Tom Skerritt as Walter
- Jay Thomas as Timber Tucker
- Mark Feuerstein as Morrow McCarthy
- Stanley Anderson as Senator Alan Hughes
- Lynn Thigpen as Dr. Judith Kaufman
- Blake Lindsley as Quincy Quince
- Scott Michael Campbell as Billy
- Matt Weinberg as Nicholas
- Will Rothhaar as Kip