Emilia Clarke to Star in Peacock Spy Series 'Pony'

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game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke will add another series to her schedule.

The multiple Emmy nominee will star in Ponya spy thriller that has received a straight-to-series order from Peacock. The Cold War-set show is produced by Universal Television and co-creators Susanna Fogel (Booksmart, the flight attendant) and David Iserson (Mr. Robot).

Clarke is currently filming another streaming series, Criminalfor Amazon Prime Video. She stars alongside Charlie Hunnam, Richard Jenkins, John Hawkes, and Adria Arjona (among others) in the drama, based on the graphic novel by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.

Pony is set in Moscow in 1977. It centers on two “PONIES” (persons of no interest) who work anonymously as secretaries at the American embassy until their husbands are murdered under mysterious circumstances in the USSR and they become CIA agents. Clarke will play Bea, an educated, Russian-speaking daughter of Soviet immigrants. The other main character, Twila (who has yet to be cast), is a small-town girl who is both abrasive and fearless. The pair work together to uncover a conspiracy and find out what made them widows.

Fogel and Iserson are co-writing the series, with Fogel also directing and Iserson serving as showrunner. They executive produce with Jessica Rhoades (Station Eleven, Sharp Objects) and Clarke; Katherine Bridle and Alison Mo Massey are co-executive producers.

Clarke's recent credits include the Marvel series Secret Invasion for Disney+ and Sundance Award Winner The Pod GenerationHe made his West End stage debut in 2022 in a production of Anton Chekhov The seagull.

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