Lily Allen will make her TV acting debut in Dreamland
The pop singer is set to star opposite Freema Agyeman in the comedy series
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Lily Allen is set to make her television debut in the British comedy series Dreamland. As reported by Variety, the Sky Original show about the relationship between four sisters is set to air next year.
“Set in the sun-drenched British seaside town of Margate, it is a dark comedic exploration of multi-generational female relationships, and their (somewhat dysfunctional) family dynamics,” reads the official description. Dreamland is based on the BAFTA-winning short film by Sharon Horgan (The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent), who is also producing the six-episode series.
Filming now on location, the show’s cast also includes Freema Agyeman (Doctor Who), Kiell Smith-Bynoe (Stath Lets Flats), Aimee-Ffion Edwards (Peaky Blinders), Frances Barber (Doctor Who), Sheila Reid (Doctor Who), and Gabby Best. Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey) will have a guest role.
Known best as a singer for the past decade and a half, Allen made her West End debut last year in 2:22 A Ghost Story. Onscreen, she previously had a cameo appearance as Elizabeth Taylor in How To Build A Girl, the film adaptation of the memoir of the same name by controversial writer Caitlin Moran. Though she hosted the series Lily Allen And Friends, as the daughter of actor Keith Allen and the sister of Game Of Thrones’ Alfie Allen, she’s now joining the family business. Her most recent album is 2018's No Shame, and she joined Olivia Rodrigo onstage at Glastonbury last month to perform a very pointed duet of “Fuck You.”
Agyeman’s breakout performance was as the Doctor Who companion Martha Jones, one of the main characters of the legacy series’ 2000s revival. She’s also enjoyed success on American television, with roles in New Amsterdam, Sense8, and The Carrie Diaries.
Dreamland will be the television directing debut for Harlots actor Ellie Heydon. Gabby Best is pulling double duty as a writer, alongside Sharma Walfall (Hollyoaks), Sarah Kendall (Frayed), and Emma Jane Unsworth (The Outlaws), who is also the showrunner.
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Do “sun-drenched” and “British” belong in the same thought…like ever?
Unless the words “Virgin Islands” are in there somewhere, nope.
Does “virgin” and “Lily Allen” belong in the same thought…like ever?
As a Brit, I think ‘sun-moistened’ might be a better term to use here.
Actually, this is probably a lie. They just declared a national emergency for a heatwave next week (up to 40 degrees celsius) so… yeah. I think we can consider ourselves sun-drenched now.
But is it just heat, or are you no longer perpetually cloudy as well?
No, pretty clear skies as well. British summers do tend to be sunny, it’s just a question of how long they’ll last. This year it’s been pretty good (too good, I guess – thanks, climate change).
I feel this was a starlet we almost lost to substance use, inspiring to see her success in recovery and onward!
Parker Posey, is that you?
I haven’t seen Lily Allen in a long time, didn’t even recognize her! And after a bit of Googling, somehow the fact that she and David Harbour are married totally slipped right by me. Had no idea those two are a thing.
I wonder if she knows.
Maybe she’s a Hellboy fan but accidentally married the wrong one.
i like her music, don’t like her nepotistic introduction to the industry, but absolutely abhor that she might now have an eating disorder. i don’t like to talk about people’s bodies, but she used to be so pro-’normal’.the fact she’s now booking on-camera gigs might explain why. fuck you, industry.