PRESIDENT DALTON'S MENTAL STATUS IS QUESTIONED WHEN HE THREATENS RUSSIA OVER THEIR POTENTIAL ROLE IN A SONIC ATTACK AT THE U.S. EMBASSY IN BULGARIA, ON "MADAM SECRETARY," SUNDAY, JAN. 14

Christine Ebersole Guest Stars as Lydia Dalton, the President's Wife

"Sound and Fury" - After President Dalton hears about a sonic attack at the U.S. Embassy in Bulgaria, he thinks Russia is to blame and uncharacteristically threatens them with military force, leaving his cabinet concerned about his mental status, on MADAM SECRETARY, Sunday, Jan. 14 (10:00-11:00 PM ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Christine Ebersole guest stars as Lydia Dalton, the president's wife.

REGULAR CAST

Téa Leoni (Elizabeth McCord)
Tim Daly (Henry McCord)
Sara Ramirez (Kat Sandoval)
�eljko Ivanek (Russell Jackson)
Keith Carradine (President Conrad Dalton)
Sebastian Arcelus (Jay Whitman)
Patina Miller (Daisy Grant)
Geoffrey Arend (Matt Mahoney)
Erich Bergen (Blake Moran)
Kathrine Herzer (Alison McCord)
Wallis Currie-Wood (Stephanie "Stevie" McCord)
Evan Roe (Jason McCord)

RECURRING CAST:

Mike Pniewski (Gordon Becker)
Mandy Gonzalez (Lucy Knox)
Ephraim Ware (Clifton Davis)
Johanna Day (Admiral Ellen Hill)

GUEST CAST:

Christine Ebersole (Lydia Dalton)
Yasen Peyankov (Russian Foreign Minister Konstantin Avdonin)
Jayne Atkinson (Teresa Hirst)
John Bolton (Attorney General Nolan)
Sam Breslin Wright (Dylan Larsen)
Christine Garver (Molly Reid)
Michael Nathanson (Robert Holland)
Michael McGrath (Earl)
Florencia Lozano (Dr. Ruth Hubbard)
R. Ward Duffy (Samuel Singer)
Starla Benford (Mary Wilford)
Paul Niebanck (Tom Brewer)
Howard W. Overshown (Mitchell Williams)
Nafeesa Monroe (Emily Hayes)
Lisa Tharps (Nicole Montgomery)
Marinda Anderson (Monica Miller)
Holly Chou (Reporter # 1)
Shelley Thomas-Harts (Reporter # 2)

WRITTEN BY: Executive Producers Barbara Hall and David Grae

DIRECTED BY: Debbie Reinsich