‘Killing Eve’: Nina Sosanya & Edward Bluemel Join Season 2 Cast, Julian Barratt To Guest Star

BBC America’s breakout drama series Killing Eve is expanding its cast for Season 2, adding Nina Sosanya (Good Omens) and Edward Bluemel (A Discovery of Witches) alongside series stars Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy), Jodie Comer (The White Princess) and Fiona Shaw (Harry Potter). Julian Barratt (Mindhorn) will guest star. The series, produced by Sid Gentle Films Ltd and based on the Codename Villanelle novellas by Luke Jennings, is currently shooting in Europe.

No character information is being revealed.

Killing Eve, from Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge, is coming off a highly successful first season of weekly ratings growth in the key adults 25-54 and 18-49 demos. The first season also saw Emmy nominations for star Oh in the Lead Actress in a Drama Series category and a drama series writing nom for Waller-Bridge. The series was named Best New Show by the Television Critics Association.

Killing Eve centers on two women; Eve (Oh) is a bored, whip-smart, pay-grade security services operative whose desk-bound job doesn’t fulfill her fantasies of being a spy. Villanelle (Comer) is an elegant, talented killer who clings to the luxuries her violent job affords her. These two fiercely intelligent women, equally obsessed with each other, go head to head in an epic game of cat and mouse.

The series is executive produced by Sally Woodward Gentle, Lee Morris, Waller-Bridge, Gina Mingacci and Emerald Fennell. Oh is co-executive producer. Elinor Day serves as series producer. The series is produced by Sid Gentle Films Ltd. and distributed by Endeavor Content. Damon Thomas returns to direct and is also executive producer, with Lisa Brühlmann and Francesca Gregorini also directing.

Killing Eve was commissioned in 2016 for BBC America by President and GM Sarah Barnett, and Nena Rodrigue, EVP of Original Programming, Acquisitions and Production.

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