Netflix UK Sets Premiere Date For ‘Alias Grace’
Six episode miniseries Alias Grace will premiere on Netflix UK on Friday November 3rd, it has been announced.
Six episode miniseries Alias Grace will premiere on Netflix UK on Friday November 3rd, it has been announced.
True Blood star Anna Paquin has signed on for a co-starring role opposite Sarah Gadon in Alias Grace, the six episode miniseries adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel which is set up as a co-production between Netflix and Canadian public broadcaster CBC. She will play Nancy Montgomery, who is Kinnear’s housekeeper and lover, and while she initially befriends Grace, she begins to resent Grace and becomes increasingly jealous of Kinnear’s affection for her. Nancy eventually fires Grace in a fit of rage and is later found brutally murdered.
Netflix & CBC have found the lead for their co-production Alias Grace. Sarah Gadon (11.22.63, Murdoch Mysteries) has been tapped to play the part of real-life serial killer Grace Marks in the six episode miniseries, which is based on the Margaret Atwood novel of the same name, TVWise has learned.
Netflix and Canadian public broadcaster CBC have picked up Alias Grace, a six hour miniseries, based on the Margaret Atwood novel, about convicted murderer Grace Marks, TVWise has learned.