This biographical miniseries, based on the best seller by C. David Heymann, starts when Jackie Kennedy was working after college; and spans her life through the Presidency of John F. Kennedy and her marriage to Aristotle Onassis after the assassination of President Kennedy.
Brought up in privilege, Jacqueline Bouvier marries men of wealth and power.
After separating from Jack Kennedy, Jackie gives her in-laws an ultimatum as the price for reconciliation; life in the White House; JFK's relationship with Marilyn Monroe; Jackie meets Aristotle Onassis.
After the assassination, Jackie moves to New York; she weds Onassis, but problems with Christina and, eventually, Ari cause the union to deteriorate.