Netflix has set an April 20, 2023 premiere date for the political drama The Diplomat. The eight-episode series stars three-time Emmy nominee Keri Russell (The Americans), and the first official photo features Russell as Ambassador Kate Wyler.
Netflix offers this description of The Diplomat:
“Kate Wyler is the new US Ambassador to the United Kingdom. She was supposed to go to Afghanistan. She’s great in a crisis zone. In a historic home… less so. War is brewing on one continent and boiling over on another. Kate will have to diffuse international crises, forge strategic alliances in London, and adjust to her new place in the spotlight — all while trying to survive her marriage to fellow career diplomat and political star Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell).”
The cast also includes David Gyasi, Ali Ahn, Rory Kinnear, and Ato Essandoh. Celia Imrie, Michael McKean, Nana Mensah, T’Nia Miller, and Miguel Sandoval guest star.
“The Diplomat is a show about the transcendence and torture of long-term relationships,” explained series creator, showrunner, and executive producer Debora Cahn (Homeland, The West Wing). “It’s hard to keep a relationship going, be it a marriage or a military alliance. We change, the world changes, and yet we want these relationships to go on forever. It’s a show about a bunch of good people doing their best to keep their global and personal partnerships intact without killing each other.”
Cahn added: “In the world of diplomacy, you’re dealing with a lot of rule-bound, protocol-driven behavior, but underneath all that, these are people who sweat, and spill coffee on their clothes, and forget the name of the person they’re talking to. All of that is always bubbling under the grandeur and majesty of working with heads of state.”
Keri Russell, Janice Williams, and Simon Cellan Jones (episodes 1 and 2) are also involved as executive producers.
