Jennifer Aniston to star in Apple TV+ adaptation of Jennette McCurdy’s I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy’s best-selling memoir I'm Glad My Mom Died is being adapted into a 10-episode dramedy series at Apple TV+, with Jennifer Aniston set to play a character inspired by McCurdy’s mother.

The series, co-written by McCurdy and producer Ari Katcher, will be executive produced by the duo alongside Aniston, Apple announced on Tuesday. McCurdy and Katcher will also serve as co-showrunners.

Known for her breakout role as Sam on Nickelodeon’s iCarly and its spinoff Sam & Cat, McCurdy began acting at age 8. Her memoir details years of “emotional, mental, and physical abuse” at the hands of her mother, whom she describes as controlling and narcissistic.

The show will explore the intense, codependent relationship between a young actress on a hit children’s TV show and her overbearing mother. Casting for the lead role—an 18-year-old actress—has yet to be announced.

 McCurdy’s bestselling book released in August 2022, following years of therapy the actor said was vital in allowing her to fully deal with her mother’s death due to cancer complications in 2013.

“With my mother’s death, I’d go from being so, so deeply angry to then feeling just so sorry for her. And so I could feel compassion and sympathy and then just anger and rage,” McCurdy told The Associated Press in 2022. “I’d cry because I missed her and I’d be angry that I was crying that I missed her and feel she doesn’t deserve these tears. I think abusive love is so complicated ... It’s going to be mixed and messy.

McCurdy’s book detailed the difficulties in handling her fame while simultaneously navigating her mother’s illness.

“As agonizing as it is to be in the ambulance with my mother while she’s convulsing in the middle of a seizure, to look up and see my face (on a billboard) felt like my life was mocking me,” McCurdy told the AP.

Aniston’s casting follows her collaboration with Apple TV+ on “The Morning Show,” which she also stars in and executive produces. The show’s fourth season is set to premiere Sept. 17.