Maid - Season 1 Apr 2026

Note: Qualley and MacDowell are real-life mother and daughter.

is a powerful Netflix limited series inspired by Stephanie Land’s memoir, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive . It follows Alex, a single mother who flees an abusive relationship and turns to housecleaning to provide for her young daughter while battling homelessness and a complex social services system. Series Overview Genre: Emotional Drama. Premiere Date: October 1, 2021. Creator: Molly Smith Metzler. Executive Producers: Includes Margot Robbie and John Wells .

Resilience, domestic abuse awareness, poverty, and the American social safety net. Margaret Qualley as Alex , the determined mother. Nick Robinson as Sean , Alex’s abusive ex-partner.

as Regina , a wealthy client who becomes an unexpected ally.

as Paula , Alex’s eccentric and undiagnosed bipolar mother.