Matthew Towers // Netflix The spy series Black Doves is back for a second season after two years, dropping all at once, on Guy Fawkes Day of all days, November 5. Need a refresher before you dive back into the Netflix series? Here’s everything you need to know about the new and returning cast of Black Doves season 2. Some of the new characters are such big secrets, we actually don’t have any details yet. Exciting!!
The first season, set at Christmas time, followed a politician’s wife with a double life as a spy in a covert organization called the Black Doves. When the man she was having an affair with is murdered, her handler calls in an assassin and old friend of hers for protection. The two investigate her lover’s death and discover that he was part of something bigger and more dangerous than they knew. Obviously the second season will up the already sky-high stakes, and introduce new threats. That also means new characters and cast members. So let’s get into it!
Helen is a spy who “happens” to be married to a prominent conservative politician.
Keira Knightley had a dual breakout in Hollywood in 2002 with Bend it Like Beckham and then, the next year, with Love Actually . Shortly thereafter she starred in Pirates of the Caribbean and Pride & Prejudice . The latter earned her her first Academy Award nominated. She was nominated again in 2014 for The Imitation Game and has two BAFTA nominations, for that and for Atonement . She was also nominated for an Olivier after starring in The Misanthrope on the West End. Other credits include King Arthur, Never Let Me Go, Domino, The Duchess, Anna Karenina, Colette, and Begin Again .
Ben Whishaw has played two of the most iconic characters in the British canon: the Q to Daniel Craig’s James Bond, and Paddington himself. He is an Emmy and Golden Globe winner for A Very British Scandal, a BAFTA winner for that and This Is Going To Hurt , and a SAG nominee for Women Talking . Other credits include The Hours, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Brideshead Revisited, Bright Star, Cloud Atlas, Lilting, The Lobster, Mary Poppins Returns, Fargo, Passages, and Peter Hujar’s Day.
Sarah Lancashire is an acclaimed UK actress who appeared on over 500 episodes of Coronation Street. She was on Happy Valley for three seasons, and became an executive producer on the third. You might also know her from Last Tango in Halifax , Julia , Where the Heart Is, and The Paradise. She is also a stage actress with credits on the West End including Blood Brothers, Little Shop of Horrors, Guys and Dolls, and Betty Blue Eyes .
Helen’s husband Webb was the Secretary of Defence in season 1 and is now Prime Minister.
Andrew Buchan played Felim Bichan in the first two seasons of Industry and Andrew Parker Bowles in seasons 3 and 4 of The Crown . You might also remember him as Latimer on the first three seasons of Broadchurch. His other credits include Carnival Row, This England, The Spanish Princess, and All The Money in the World .
Williams is a mercenary with a grudge against Sam.
Ella Lily Hyland starred alongside Aidan Turner in Fifteen-Love back in 2023. Her other credits include A Thousand Blows and Towards Zero . You can see her next in the ensemble series Tall Tales & Murder .
Eleanor is also a mercenary and Williams’ partner.
Gabrielle Creevy has been a series regular on several television shows, including In My Skin, The Pact, Three Women, The Guest, and Amadeus in addition to Black Doves . She will star in the upcoming supernatural series The Witch Farm and also had a supporting role in the 2021 film Operation Mincemeat .
Neve Campbell is a Canadian actress best known for playing Sidney Prescott in the Scream franchise. Before that, she broke through with leading roles in the series Party of Five and the film The Craft . Since then, Campbell had leading or recurring roles on shows like Medium, The Philanthropist, Grey’s Anatomy, Welcome to Sweden, Manhattan, House of Cards, and The Lincoln Lawyer. Campbell is also the voice of Simba and Nala’s daughter Kiara in The Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride .
Ambika Mod is a comedian and actor you might know from television shows like This Is Going to Hurt , One Day, The Stolen Girl, and I Hate Suzie . On the big screen, she was recently in Black Bag and Sacrifice . (And her Halloween costume this year was Bend it Like Beckham , which ofc starred Knightley.)
Babou Ceesay recently received critical acclaim for playing the antihero Morrow in Alien: Earth on FX. He played Pilgrim on Into the Badlands . He’s set to appear in the second season of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms . His other television credits include Shardlake, Wolfe, and We Hunt Together. His film credits include Rogue One, Free Fire, and Resurrection .
Patrick works for an unknown, new organization, and offers to help Sam.
Sam Riley starred in the 2012 adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s novel On the Road. You might know him as Mr. Darcy, NBD, in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies . Riley played a raven in Maleficent and received critical acclaim for Control . His other credits include the 2020 Rebecca, Brighton Rock , and Free Fire .
There are three other new cast members this season. Sylvia Hoeks and Goran Kostic play Katia and Alexi Chernov. You’ve seen them before in Ride or Die and Jack Ryan , respectively. Plus, two-time Tony Award-nominated actor Samuel Barnett , who you may remember from Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency and who is currently starring in the musical Pride in London, plays the mysterious character “Jerry” this season. And finally, three more returning cast members in Black Doves season 2 are Kathryn Hunter as Sam’s old boss Lenny Lines, Agnes O’Casey as Helen’s assistant Dani, and Molly Chesworth as Helen’s nanny (and Reed’s daughter!!) Marie.
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Source: Entertainment
