‘Imperfect Women’ Trailer: Friendships Are Tested After a Shocking Death Exposes Secrets

There’s just a month to go until the premiere of Apple TV’s new thriller Imperfect Women, and the streamer has released the first full-length trailer for the upcoming adaptation. Kerry Washington, Kate Mara, and Elisabeth Moss star in the series, which is based on the book of the same name by Araminta Hall.

Imperfect Women was created for television by Annie Weisman. It’s been two years since the television adaptation was announced in March 2024, and nearly a year since the cast began filming in May 2025.

Scroll down to see the first trailer for the new series, to find out when it premieres, and more.

When does Imperfect Women premiere?

The first two episodes of Imperfect Women will premiere on Apple TV on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. Episodes will then air weekly until the finale on Wednesday, April 29, 2026. There are eight episodes total in the series.

Who is in the Imperfect Women cast?

Washington and Moss star in the show as Mary and Eleanor, respectively. They’re also both executive producers in the series.

Other cast members include Mara (Nancy), Joel Kinnaman (Robert), Corey Stoll (Howard), Leslie Odom Jr. (Donovan), Sadrine Holt (Jenny), Rome Flynn (Jordan), Ana Ortiz (Detective Ganz), Sherri Saum (Zoe), Wilson Bethel (Scott), Keith Carradine (RL Hennessy), and Jackson Kelly (Marcus), as well as Audrey Zahn, Jill Wagner, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Violette Linnz, Indiana Elle, and Wilson Bethel.

What is Imperfect Women about?

Per a press release from Apple TV, Imperfect Women “examines a crime that shatters the lives of a decades-long friendship of three women. The unconventional thriller explores guilt and retribution, love and betrayal, and the compromises we make that alter our lives irrevocably. As the investigation unravels, so does the truth about how even the closest friendships may not be what they seem.”

According to the description of Hall’s book, “When Nancy Hennessy is murdered, she leaves behind two best friends, an adoring husband and daughter, and a secret lover whose identity she took to the grave.” Nancy’s life on the outside was “perfect,” but the investigation into her death helps her friends Eleanor and Mary realize “how little they knew their friend, each other, and maybe themselves.”

The book is told through the perspectives of each of the three women as the story inches toward figuring out who killed Nancy.

Is there a trailer for Imperfect Women?

Yes, Apple TV released the first full trailer for the show on February 18, exactly one month before the premiere. It begins with flashes of Washington, Mara, and Moss throughout their friendship, with a detective’s voiceover noting, “What the three of you had, I don’t even know what to call it, but it wasn’t a friendship.”

The three women are seen sharing a drink, with Nancy telling Eleanor and Mary that she’s so grateful for their friendship. However, there’s then chilling flashes of scenes before Nancy’s husband, Robert, is seen getting news from police: “A body was found early this morning that we have reason to believe is your wife’s.”

Eleanor is questioned, as she may have been the last person who saw Nancy. In flashback scenes, Nancy finds something shocking on a laptop and is having her photo taken by another man. “I did something so stupid,” she says at one point, as scenes of her apparent secret life are shown. Meanwhile, Mary wonders why Nancy was keeping secrets from her and Eleanor, and clips seem to suggest something romantic brewing between Eleanor and Robert. Watch the full trailer above.

Prior to the teaser release, Apple TV also shared a first-look photo (above), which shows Washington, Mara, and Moss clinking glasses of wine over a meal. Scroll down for more photos from the series.

Imperfect Women, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, Apple TV