Lydia West to Star in AGC Television Espionage Thriller

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AGC Television has cast BAFTA nominee Lydia West (It’s a Sin) in its new espionage thriller Gray, a co-production with Lionsgate Television.

West will star alongside Emmy Award winner and Oscar nominee Patricia Clarkson (Sharp Objects, House of Cards, Six Feet Under) as a CIA spy who comes out after 20 years of hiding, dodging the government agents who suspected her of being a traitor.

AGC Studios is financing the series and will distribute in the U.S. Lionsgate International will handle distribution for the rest of the world.

The series comes from writer/creator John McLaughlin (Black Swan, Hitchcock) and international best-selling author David Baldacci (Absolute Power). It will be directed by Ruba Nadda (Queens; Roswell, New Mexico; NCIS: Los Angeles). Executive producers for the series as AGC’s Stuart Ford and Lourdes Diaz, Clarkson, McLaughlin, Baldacci and Nadda. Production is set to commence in June.