Netflix’s The Diplomat full cast list and where you know them from

Netflix has dropped a brand-new series perfect for your next streaming binge. From showrunner Debora Cahn – writer and producer of The West Wing and Homeland – The Diplomat dropped on the platform on Thursday (April 20) and promises to be the streaming giant’s latest hit.

The series centres on Kate Wyler as she takes on her new role as US Ambassador to the UK. Kate was supposed to go to Afghanistan, but now she must diffuse international crises and forge strategic alliances in London, while adjusting to her new place in the spotlight and trying to survive her marriage to fellow career diplomat and political star Hal.

The series has been well received by both critics and general audiences, currently boasting a 91 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes. The Wall Street Journal praised The Diplomat’s “ingenious” plot and “brisk pace” that lend to its “high binge-ability factor,” while The New York Times lauded the “Aaron Sorkinesque high-comic, high-velocity style” of its writing.

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Billed as a “high-stakes, contemporary political drama,” the show features an ensemble cast of actors from the worlds of stage and screen. Here, we take a closer look at the cast of The Diplomat:

Keri Russell

Leading The Diplomat is American actress Keri Russell as Ambassador Kate Wyler. Russel is perhaps best-known for Golden Globe-winning role as the titular character in drama series Felicity between 1998 and 2002.

She also starred as Elizabeth Jennings on the FX spy thriller series The Americans between 2013 and 2018. Russell has appeared in some of the world’s biggest film franchises, including her ill-fated turn in Mission: Impossible