Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart – Oscar nomination, The Dark Knight, Secretary) is to play the titular role in Hugo Blick’s (The Shadow Line) seven-part drama series The Honourable Woman for BBC Two and Sundance Channel.
The Honourable Woman tells the story of one woman’s personal journey to right the wrongs conducted in a past life. As a young girl, Nessa Stein(Gyllenhaal) witnessed the assassination of her father by the Palestinian Liberation Organisation. Now in her thirties, Nessa is at the forefront of the Middle East peace process. But when she awards a lucrative contract to a Palestinian businessman, who is later found dead, she finds herself under the close scrutiny of Whitehall and the Secret Intelligence Service.