Actress Rachel Brosnahan has cornered the market playing desperate housewives

The character Rachel Brosnahan had disappeared into is Jean, a childless woman raising a baby her husband Eddie, a thief, has mysteriously procured. PHOTO: AMAZON STUDIOS
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LOS ANGELES - Emmy-winner Rachel Brosnahan is cornering the market when it comes to desperate housewives.

In the acclaimed comedy series The Marvelous Mrs Maisel (2017 to now), she portrays a 1950s housewife who longs for a career as a stand-up comic.

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