Kate Jennings Grant

By STACY DODD

Kate Jennings Grant (“United 93”) has been cast in Ron Howard’s film adaptation of Broadway play “Frost/Nixon.” Frank Langella and Michael Sheen reprise their stage roles as Richard Nixon and David Frost, respectively. Grant will play Diane Sawyer, who was a press aide in the Nixon administration and helped pen the former president’s memoirs. Lensing begins in August in Los Angeles.

Thesp’s credits include “When a Stranger Calls,” “Kinsey” and “Commander in Chief.”