Claim: Top of the Lake stars Elisabeth Moss as Detective Robin Griffin.

Elisabeth Singleton Moss -LRB- born July 24 , 1982 -RRB- is an American film , stage , and television actor . She is known for her roles as Zoey Bartlet , the youngest daughter of President Josiah Bartlet , on the NBC television series The West Wing -LRB- 1999 -- 2006 -RRB- ; Peggy Olson , secretary-turned-copywriter on the AMC series Mad Men -LRB- 2007 -- 15 -RRB- , which earned her six Emmy Awards nominations and one Golden Globe nomination ; and Det. Robin Griffin in the BBC miniseries Top of the Lake -LRB- 2013 -RRB- , a role which won her a Golden Globe and Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV film . Moss appears in the lead role of Offred , a besieged survivor in a near-future dystopian New England , in the Hulu original series The Handmaid 's Tale .