Cast includes Kim Bodnia, Jodie Comer, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Owen McDonnell, Sandra Oh, and Fiona Shaw. Eve (played by Sandra Oh), an analyst for MI5, becomes obsessed with a female assassin and is recruited by a secret branch of MI6 to track her down. Then she discovers that the killer Villanelle (played by Jodie Comer) is equally fascinated by her.
Director
Bradbeer, Harry; East, Jon; Thomas, Damon
Writer
Jennings, Luke; Jones, Vicky; Kay, George; Waller-Bridge, Phoebe; Williams, Rob
Production Team
BBC
Genre
Television Series Drama
Content Notes
Series/Season 1
Source
Based on the novellas Codename Villanelle,Villanelle: Hollowpoint,Villanelle: Shanghai, and Odessa by Luke Jennings
Language
English
Media Format
2 DVDs (338 min.), 2 Blu-ray discs (338 min.), or 8 streaming videos (338 min.)
Type
Color
Additional Content
The DVDs and Blu-ray discs include featurettes on Villanelle's first assassination, the MI6 team, filming locations, the relationship between Eve and Villanelle, and the characters of Eve and Villanelle.
Production Notes
Broadcast on the BBC television network in 2018. Sandra Oh earned a 2018 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series.
