{"id":179832,"date":"2023-01-07T12:55:26","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T12:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/nicole-kidman-joins-the-star-studded-cast-of-upcoming-series-lioness-from-the-creator-of-yellowstone\/"},"modified":"2023-01-07T12:55:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T12:55:26","slug":"nicole-kidman-joins-the-star-studded-cast-of-upcoming-series-lioness-from-the-creator-of-yellowstone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/nicole-kidman-joins-the-star-studded-cast-of-upcoming-series-lioness-from-the-creator-of-yellowstone\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicole Kidman joins the star-studded cast of upcoming series Lioness from the creator of Yellowstone"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nicole Kidman joins the star-studded cast of upcoming series Lioness from the creator of Yellowstone and Tulsa King<\/h2>\n

By Sharon Mai For Dailymail.Com <\/p>\n

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Nicole Kidman will be starring as the lead character in the new Paramount+ series Lioness.<\/p>\n

The announcement comes after the actress, 55, previously signed on to be an executive producer of the series centered around female CIA operatives.<\/p>\n

The show was penned by Taylor Sheridan, the creator of the esteemed series Yellowstone – which will return with the fifth season in the summer. <\/p>\n

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New role: Nicole Kidman, 55, will be starring as the lead character in the new Paramount+ series Lioness<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Paramount+ has not yet announced a release date for the anticipated series. <\/p>\n

The Moulin Rouge! star will play a CIA supervisor who faces challenges as a woman in the high-ranking intelligence community, according to the synopsis.<\/p>\n

At the same time, she ‘must juggle the trappings’ of also being ‘a wife who longs for the attention she herself can’t give and a mentor to someone veering suspiciously close to the same rocky road she’s found herself on.’ <\/p>\n

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Star-studded cast: The Big Little Lies alum will be joined by other big names – such as Avatar: The Way of Water ‘s Zoe Saldana and Locke & Key star Laysla De Oliveira<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Big Little Lies alum will be joined by other big names – such as Avatar: The Way of Water’s Zoe Saldana and Locke & Key star Laysla De Oliveira. <\/p>\n

The series is based on an actual CIA program but the fictional story follows De Oliveria’s character – who is ‘a rough-around-the-edges but passionate young Marine recruited to join the CIA’s Lioness Engagement Team to help bring down a terrorist organization from within .’<\/p>\n

Saldana will be playing alongside Kidman and De Oliveira as ‘a station chief of the Lioness program tasked with training, managing, and leading her female undercover operatives’. <\/p>\n

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Taking on two roles: The announcement comes after the actress previously signed on to be an executive producer of the series centered around female CIA operatives<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Lioness cast is also set to include: Jill Wagner, Dave Annable, <\/span>LaMonica Garrett, James Jordan, Austin H\u00e9bert, Hannah Love Lanier, Martin Donovan, and Jonah Wharton.<\/p>\n

Sheridan, 52, created the likes of Sylvester Stallone’s mafia drama Tulsa King as well as Jeremy Renner’s thriller series Mayor of Kingstown.<\/p>\n

The filmmaker has been in the past for his depiction of women in his male-centric stories but now will have a new opportunity to make amends in the upcoming female-centric series.<\/p>\n

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Previous projects: Most recently, Kidman played Queen Gudrun in the action-adventure movie The Northman – which was directed and co-written by Robert Eggers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Most recently, Kidman played Queen Gudrun in the action-adventure movie The Northman – which was directed and co-written by Robert Eggers.<\/p>\n

The Hawaii-born screen icon also wrapped production on an untitled romantic comedy with co-stars Joey King and Zac Efron. <\/p>\n

Kidman will also be starring in the upcoming Amazon Prime Video’s drama series The Expats – that is based on the 2016 novel The Expatriates by Janice YK Lee.<\/p>\n

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Wrapped another series: Kidman will also be starring in the upcoming Amazon Prime Video’s drama series The Expats – that is based on the 2016 novel The Expatriates by Janice YK Lee<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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