Netflix has premiered the official trailer for the high-stakes, contemporary political drama series “The Diplomat” starring Golden Globe winner Keri Russell. The show will launch on April 20th.
Kate Wyler (Russell) is the new U.S. Ambassador recently appointed to a posting in the United Kingdom rather than Afghanistan, where she was originally slated to be.
She’s great in a crisis zone, less so in a historic home. However, war is brewing on one continent and boiling over on another, and Kate will have to diffuse global crises, forge new alliances, and adjust to her place in the spotlight.
She must do all this whilst trying to survive her marriage to fellow career diplomat and political star Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell). The show will explore “the transcendence and torture of long-term relationships between countries and people.”
The series is created and executive produced by Debora Cahn who is also serving as showrunner. David Gyasi, Ali Ahn, Rory Kinnear, Ato Essandoh, Celia Imrie, Michael McKean, Nana Mensah, T’Nia Miller, and Miguel Sandoval star.
Netflix is coming off the success of “The Night Agent,” a political thriller it released two weeks ago. It is on track to potentially make Netflix’s five most popular English-language series of all time – delivering the streamer’s biggest numbers since “Monster” and “Wednesday”.
