‘Impeachment’ Star Beanie Feldstein on Telling Monica Lewinsky’s Story and Being Her ‘Bodyguard’

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details of tonight’s Impeachment: American Crime Story debut episode.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the series premiere of “Impeachment: American Crime Story.”In true “American Crime Story” form, the anthology drama’s third installment, “Impeachment,” opens a little bit in the future from the events covered by the series.It is 1998 and Monica Lewinsky (played by Beanie Feldstein) is preparing to leave Washington, D.C.

, the third season of the FX true-crime anthology series, turns back time once again to re-examine the events leading up to and surrounding the 1998 trial of.

Beanie Feldstein never expected to get close to Monica Lewinsky as she prepared to revisit one of the darkest moments of the former White House intern’s life. The actress, who connected with the anti-bullying activist while playing her in "Impeachment: American Crime Story," told People (the TV show!) that she hopes the 48-year-old will finally be seen in "a different light." Lewinsky joined the 28-year-old at Wednesday’s premiere in West Hollywood.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorMonica Lewinsky stepped out to FX’s champagne toast to “Impeachment: American Crime Story” on Wednesday night at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood.Lewinsky, a producer on the latest installment of Ryan Murphy’s Emmy-winning anthology series, posed for photographers on the red, white and blue arrivals carpet for a few minutes before skipping the interview press to head inside to a makeshift cocktail lounge.

Beanie Feldstein poses with Monica Lewinsky at the premiere of FX’s Impeachment: American Crime Story at Pacific Design Center on Wednesday night (September 1) in West Hollywood, Calif.

Nothing left out. Monica Lewinsky serves as a producer on the upcoming drama Impeachment: American Crime Story, which examines the relationship the former White House intern had with then-president Bill Clinton in the 90s and the events that led to his impeachment in December 1998.

Monica Lewinsky wants the world to know it. Hoisting up her big-girl undies as a producer of FX’s forthcoming series “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” Lewinsky, 48, admittedly urged show writers to include a scene re-enacting the moment she flashed her silver thong at then-President Clinton during their sordid Oval Office affair in the ’90s. “Listen, I would’ve loved to have been really selfish and said, ‘That’s great that you guys think we don’t have to show that, fantastic,’” Lewinsky told

Monica Lewinsky says she's had to relive the darkest time in her life while serving as a producer on Ryan Murphy's FX show, . In , Beanie Feldstein takes on the role of Lewinsky, a 22-year-old White House intern during Bill Clinton's presidency, who disclosed to her friend, former Defense Department employee Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson), that she had a relationship with the president that was sexual in nature.

Monica Lewinsky isn’t giving herself a pass as a producer on the upcoming drama "American Crime Story: Impeachment," which depicts her infamous affair with then-president Bill Clinton.  The series, which has been in development since 2019, sees the real-life Lewinsky offering very intimate notes and details to actress Beanie Feldstein, who will portray her in a dramatization of the infamous 1995 scandal alongside Clive Owen as the former president.  Speaking In an interview with The Hollywood

It’s not easy being a producer on a show that follows a traumatizing moment in your life, which is why Monica Lewinsky needed a therapist while working on the upcoming limited series, Impeachment: American Crime Story!

The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published Wednesday.

Beanie Feldstein has just landed her much deserved first major magazine cover.

As the premiere of FX’s “Impeachment: American Crime Story” approaches, Beanie Feldstein is gearing up for the spotlight as she steps into the shoes of Monica Lewinsky. The latest installment in Ryan Murphy’s anthology franchise, which is set to kick off Sept. 7, follows the Clinton sex scandal and the impeachment trial of 1998.

Beanie Feldstein is gearing up for the spotlight as she steps into the shoes of Monica Lewinsky. The latest installment in Ryan Murphy's anthology franchise, which is set to kick off Sept.

Ryan Murphy’s “Impeachment: American Crime Story” tells the story of the infamous affair between President Bill Clinton and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. While the FX anthology will dive into many details surrounding the scandal, it will not include depictions of sex scenes between Lewinsky (played by Beanie Feldstein) and Clinton (Clive Owen).

Beanie Feldstein stars as Monica Lewinsky on the upcoming third season of “American Crime Story” about Bill Clinton’s impeachment, a role which had Feldstein feeling like a protective “bodyguard” for the former president’s intern.“Honestly, we had more of a friendship than we did a working relationship,” Feldstein said of Lewinsky during a Television Critics Association press tour panel on Friday.

Rising star! Beanie Feldstein is already making headlines for her upcoming role as Monica Lewinsky in American Crime Story: Impeachment — and she’s not slowing down. The actress announced that she would be playing Fanny Brice in the 2022 Broadway production of Funny Girl.