EXCLUSIVE: Homecoming and The Seashore star Virginie Ledoyen has boarded Channel 5 collection The Au Pair reverse David Suchet.
The Cesar-nominated French actress will play a whistleblower in the thriller, whose pivotal function kicks off within the opening scene and spans the remainder of the present.
From Pernel Media and MK1 Studios, The Au Pair follows Zoe Dalton (Sally Bretton), who appears to have all of it, together with profitable husband Chris (Kenny Doughty). When she hires an au pair, Sandrine (Ludmilla Makowski), the beguiling younger French girl triggers an unsettling shift within the family as instincts and suspicions come up, hinting at hidden agendas.
The present for the Paramount UK community is Poirot icon Suchet’s first TV function for six years and he performs George, Zoe’s diabetic father who strikes subsequent door.
Having been Cesar-nominated for 1995’s A Single Lady, Ledoyen achieved worldwide fame reverse Leonardo DiCaprio in The Seashore, and he or she has since performed a wide range of TV and film roles. Final yr, she appeared in Catherine Corsini’s Palme d’Or-nominated Homecoming, together with Valérie Donzelli and Audrey Diwan’s Simply the Two of Us, which premiered at Cannes.
Samuel Kissous, President and Government Producer for Pernel Media, stated: “Pernel Media may be very excited that such a longtime expertise as Virginie Ledoyen is becoming a member of the already unimaginable roster of stars featured in The Au Pair.”
The collection was ordered by Sebastian Cardwell, Deputy Chief Content material Officer, Channel 5, and Paul Testar, Commissioning Editor, Drama, Channel 5 who will EP. EP for Pernel Media is Kissous with Julie Ryan doing the identical for MK1 Studios. Collection producer is Cormac Fox (Animals) and director is Oonagh Kearney (Vardy V Rooney). The collection is being written by Michael Foott (Determined Measures) and Andy Bayliss (The Good Ship Homicide).
