Game of Thrones‘ Emilia Clarke is returning to series television with a starring role in Ponies. Peacock has given the espionage thriller from Emmy nominees Susanna Fogel and David Iverson a straight-to-series order.
In addition to starring, the four-time Emmy-nominated Clarke will serve as an executive producer along with director and writer Fogel (The Flight Attendant). Co-creator Iverson (Mr. Robot) will write, executive producer, and guide the series as showrunner. PGA winner Jessica Rhoades (Black Mirror) is also an executive producer through her Pacesetter Productions.
“Moscow, 1977. Two Ponies (‘persons of no interest’ in intelligence speak) work anonymously as secretaries in the American Embassy. That is until their husbands are killed under mysterious circumstances in the USSR, and the pair become CIA operatives,” reads Peacock’s synopsis. “Bea (Emilia Clarke) is an over-educated, Russian-speaking child of Soviet immigrants. Her cohort, Twila, is a small-town girl who is as abrasive as she is fearless. Together, they work to uncover a vast Cold War conspiracy and solve the mystery that made them widows in the first place.”
Ponies is produced by Universal Television.
Emilia Clarke’s recent credits include The Pod Generation, Above Suspicion, Last Christmas, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Me Before You, and Terminator: Genisys. Clarke’s currently working on Criminal alongside Charlie Hunnam and Adria Arjona.
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