Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke is adding another series to her roster.
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The multiple Emmy nominee will lead Ponies, a Cold War-era spy thriller that has received a straight-to-series order from Peacock. The show is produced by Universal Television and created by Susanna Fogel (Booksmart, The Flight Attendant) and David Iserson (Mr. Robot).
Currently, Clarke is filming another streaming series, Criminal, for Amazon’s Prime Video. In this drama, she stars alongside Charlie Hunnam, Richard Jenkins, John Hawkes, and Adria Arjona, among others. The series is based on the graphic novel by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.
Ponies is set in Moscow in 1977 and revolves around two “PONIES” (persons of no interest) who work discreetly as secretaries at the American embassy. Their lives change drastically when their husbands are killed under suspicious circumstances in the USSR, leading them to become CIA operatives.
Clarke will portray Bea, an overeducated, Russian-speaking child of Soviet immigrants. The other lead, Twila (yet to be cast), is a small-town woman who is both tough and fearless. Together, they will uncover a conspiracy and investigate what led to their husbands' deaths.
Fogel and Iserson are co-writing the series, with Fogel also directing and Iserson serving as showrunner. They will executive produce alongside Jessica Rhoades (Station Eleven, Sharp Objects) through her Pacesetter Productions, and Clarke. Katherine Bridle and Pacesetter’s Alison Mo Massey are co-executive producers.
Clarke's recent work includes the Marvel series Secret Invasion for Disney+ and the Sundance award-winning The Pod Generation. She also made her West End stage debut in 2022 in Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull.