DUBAI: Lebanese actress Yumna Marwan is set to join the cast of the FX limited series “The Veil,” which will air exclusively on Hulu.
The “Costa Brava, Lebanon” star is joining a stellar cast including US actress Elisabeth Moss, US actor Josh Charles and French Algerian actor Dali Benssalah.
According to the official logline, the series “explores the surprising and fraught relationship between two women who play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Asia to Europe. One woman has a secret, the other a mission to reveal it.”
The details of each character are still under wraps, but Marwan will play the role of Adilah, Benssalah will play Malik and Charles will star as Max.
Marwan is famous for her roles in the TV series “Little Birds,” and the films “The Translator” and “The River.”
The actress spent her childhood in Beirut and her teenage years in the US.
She kicked off her professional career in 2013, when she starred in her first feature film “The Valley” by writer and director Ghassan Salhab. Since then she has taken crucial roles with renowned directors in the Arab world.
The actress starred in Mounia Akl’s debut feature, “Costa Brava, Lebanon,” which screened at international festivals.
The film won the Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema award at the 46th Toronto International Film Festival. It also screened at the Venice Film Festival in 2021.
The movie is an eerie family drama set amid a raging climate crisis in near-future Lebanon. It also stars actors Saleh Bakri, who plays Walid, and Nadine Labaki, who plays Soraya.
Marwan stars as Walid’s sister, Alia, in the film.
Meanwhile, Benssalah, the other Arab on the show, is known for his roles in the James Bond film “No Time to Die” and the recently released “The Accidental Getaway Driver.” He has also starred in “Athena,” “All Your Faces,” and the series “Savages.”
British screenwriter Steven Knight is writing and executive producing “The Veil,” with Moss executive producing under her Love & Squalor Pictures banner, according to Variety.
