ELIZABETH MUST NAVIGATE TRICKY POLITICAL WATERS WHEN A RUSSIAN NUCLEAR SUBMARINE VANISHES IN AMERICAN WATERS, ON "MADAM SECRETARY," SUNDAY, APRIL 12

"The Necessary Art" - While Henry is in Russia giving a lecture on fundamentalism, Elizabeth must navigate tricky political waters when a Russian nuclear submarine vanishes in American waters. Also, Stevie breaks up with her older boyfriend, on MADAM SECRETARY, Sunday, April 12 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

SERIES REGULARS:

Téa Leoni (Elizabeth McCord)
Tim Daly (Henry McCord)
Bebe Neuwirth (Nadine Tolliver)
�eljko Ivanek (Russell Jackson)
Patina Miller (Daisy Grant)
Erich Bergen (Blake Moran)
Geoffrey Arend (Matt Mahoney)
Kathrine Herzer (Alison McCord)
Evan Roe (Jason McCord)
Wallis Currie-Wood (Stephanie "Stevie" McCord)

RECURRING CAST:

Sebastian Arcelus (Jay Whitman)
Keith Carradine (President Conrad Dalton)

GUEST CAST:

Johanna Day (Admiral Ellen Hill)
Mike Pniewski (Gordon Becker)
Cotter Smith (Darren Hahn)
Paolo Montalban (Military Teck)
Josh Hamilton (Arthur Gilroy)
Yorgo Constantine (Russian Foreign Minister Anton Gorev)
Olek Krupa (President Pavel Ostrov Guard)
Jack Dimich (Captain)
Stan Demidoff (Executive Officer Andrei)
Philip Baker Hall (Ezra Helsinger)
Priscilla Shanks (Translator)
David Garelik (Russian Crewman #1)
Pasha Pellosie (Russian Crewman #2)
Luke Vexler (Reporter)

WRITTEN BY: Paul Redford

DIRECTED BY: Dennie Gordon