Armed only with her deadly intelligence and charm, the clock is ticking for her to find out what the code can unleash before she is found.
In addition to Algar (photo, left) and Hollander (photo, right), newcomer Meréana Tomlinson, Sacha Dhawan, Maya Sansa, Peter Sullivan and Debi Mazar have been added to the cast.
Algar is well known to Sky viewers after recently appearing as Sandie in historical drama Mary & George. Hollander garnered critical acclaim for his role as Quentin in season two of HBO's The White Lotus.
The series comes from Cross, best known for BBC blockbuster Luther starring Idris Elba, and is directed by Terry McDonough. Iris is a co-production of Sky Studios and Fremantle.
“All I wanted to do was to make a show I wanted to watch,” said Cross. “Iris is an unapologetically exciting, witty, chase-driven adventure show and features a lead character the like of which I don’t think we’ve ever met before on TV.”
Wildside handles production in Italy. The series is directed by McDonough and Sarah O'Gorman, with Tim Bricknell producing. Susan E. Connolly and Ian Scott McCullough write episodes.
Executive producers are Cross, McDonough, Dante Di Loreto and Jenni Sherwood for Fremantle, and Adrian Sturges for Sky Studios. Sky has the rights in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria and Fremantle will sell internationally.
