Tate Taylor is an American filmmaker and actor. A frequent collaborator with his friends and prolific character actresses Allison Janney and Octavia Spencer, Taylor is best known for directing The Help, Get on Up, and The Girl on the Train.
Andrea Goddard, a washed-up former actress unable to divorce herself from a scandal in the 1980s, finds her journey to success threatened by the arrival of her estranged descendants, who were presumed dead at the height of her career.