Red Election Season 1 Update: International spy drama series originating in Sweden, ‘Red Election’ had already released on Viaplay on October 3, 2021, in the Nordic countries. The plot of the series revolves around British intelligence agent Beatrice Ogilvy and Danish secret service agent Katrine Poulson. The two of them, in order to resist a terrorist attack from Russia in Britain, make a team.
The principal photography of the series occurred in Ireland and began in 2020. William Dekay, Ola Norén, Jonas Fors, Stephen Brady, and Roland Ulvselius created this series that is directed by Paul Murphy, Jill Robertson, and Declan Recks.
The primary cast members of the series include Lydia Leonard, Victoria Carmen, Stephen Dillane, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Lorraine Burroughs, Aidan McArdle, Clinton Liberty, Goran Kostic, and Ian Kenny, James D’Arcy, etc. The series is set to release in the United States on August 6, 2022, on Ovation TV.
In this article, we will talk about the previous filmography of the cast members.
Red Election Season 1- Lydia Leonard:
Playing the role of Beatrice Ogilvy, an M15 agent, we will find British actress Lydia Leonard. In the British mini-series ‘Life in Squares,’ she starred as Young Virginia Woolf in 2015. From 2017 to 2019 she was cast as Logan Brandt/ Laurie Colson in season one of the American thriller series ‘Absentia’ as a recurring character and as a guest star in Season 2.
She played the recurring role of Mariana Lawton in the historical drama series ‘Gentleman Jack’ from 2019 to 2022. In the 2020 British thriller miniseries ‘Flesh and Blood’ she played Natalie. As the lead character Rebecca Fox she was cast in the British comedy series ‘Ten Percent’ in 2022 that is adapted from the French series named ‘Call My Agent!’.
The other series in which Leonard played minor roles include ‘Foyle’s War’, ‘Midsomer Murders’, ‘Rome’, ‘Jericho’, ‘The Line of Beauty, ‘Ashes to Ashes, ‘Casualty 1907’, ‘Casualty 1909’, ‘Spooks’, ‘Law & Order UK’, ‘Whitechapel’, ‘Ambassadors’, ‘Da Vinci’s Demons’, ‘River’, ‘Apple Tree Yard’, ‘Quacks’ etc. Leonard also starred in the films True True Lie’, ‘Archipelago’, ‘And last Christmas’.
Stephen Dillane:
Beatrice’s father and M15 director William Ogilvy is played by British actor Stephen John Dillane. He is known for his role as Stannis Baratheon in HBO’s popular fantasy series ‘Game of Thrones in which he acted from 2012 to 2015. From 2013 to 2017 he played Karl Roebuck in the British French crime series ‘The Tunnel’.
In the British spy thriller ‘Alex Rider’ he was cast as one of the lead roles by Alan Blunt in 2020. In the British police procedural miniseries ‘Vigil’ he starred with his ‘Game of Thrones co-star Rose Leslie as Rear Admiral Shaw in 2021.
He also starred in minor roles in the series ‘Remington Steele’, ‘Coronation Street’, ‘Boon’, ‘The Ruth Rendell Mysteries’, ‘Soldier Soldier, ‘The Rector’s Wife’, ‘John Adams’, ‘Agatha Christie’s Marple’, ‘Eternal Law’, ‘A Touch of Cloth’, ‘The Crown’ etc.
The films in which Dillane starred include ‘Welcome to Sarajevo’, ‘Déjà Vu’, ‘The Darkest Light’, ‘Ordinary Decent Criminal’, ‘Spy Game’, ‘The Truth About Charlie’, ‘The Hours’, ‘King Arthur’,
‘The Greatest Game Ever Played, ‘Fugitive Pieces’, ‘Perfect Sense’, ‘Papadopoulos & Sons’, ‘Darkest Hour, ‘Mary Shelley’, ‘Outlaw King’, ‘The Professor and the Madman’, ‘The Man In The Hat’, ‘Boxing Day.
Red Election Season 1- Kobna Holdbrook-Smith:
Another M15 agent Levi Nichols in the series is played by Ghanaian-British actor Kobna Kuttah Holdbrook-Smith. In 2005 he starred in the recurring role of Vox Pops in the British sitcom ‘According to Bex’. The same year he was also cast as Carlton Dawes in the British tv series ‘Mike Bassett: Manager’.
In 2009 he played Joyful Sifuri in BBC Two’s comedy series ‘Taking the Flak’. In the recurring role of Ryan Bailey, he starred in the comedy-drama ‘Sirens in 2013 and Jason in the British sitcom ‘The Café’ in 2013. In 2015 he played the main role of James Davis in the Franco-British crime series ‘The Last Panthers.
The same year he also starred in the miniseries Capital’. In 2018 and 2019 respectively he was cast in ‘The Split’ and ‘Motherland’. The other series in which he starred in minor roles are ‘Judge John Deed’, ‘Casualty’, ‘Absolute Power, ‘Little Britain’, ‘Holby City’, ‘Family Affairs’, ‘Pulling’, ‘Star Stories’, ‘The Bill’,
‘The Whistleblowers’, ‘Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show’, ‘Phone shop’, ‘Whites’, ‘Holby City’, ‘Silk’, ‘Frankie’, ‘Crackanory’, ‘Agatha Raisin’, ‘Father Brown’, ‘Midsomer Murders’, ‘Class’, ‘Dark Heart’.
He was also cast in the films Hamlet’, ‘Ghost Stories, ‘Justice League, ‘Paddington 2’, ‘The Commuter’, ‘Gwen’, ‘And Zack Snyder’s Justice League. In the upcoming musical fantasy movie ‘Wonka’ that is set to release in 2023, he will also star.
Lorraine Burroughs:
In the role of Etta Cornwell, we will see British actress Lorraine Burroughs in the series. In the 2009 play ‘The Mountaintop’ she acted for which she won in 2010 nomination of Olivier Award. She also starred in the series ‘DCI Banks’, ‘Spooks: Code 9’, ‘Lip Service’, ‘New Tricks’, ‘Top Boy’ etc.
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