We haven’t seen Lena Headey play a major TV role ever since Game of Thrones ended its run, but that’s about to change. The Emmy-nominated actress landed the lead role in Kurt Sutter’s upcoming Netflix series The Abandons.
The Abandons is a western action drama set in 1850s Oregon, and it centers on a group of lost souls living on the margins of society. When corrupt forces of wealth and power try to force them out of their land, they must unite their tribes to form a family to fight back.
Headey’s character Fiona has been described as a strong, devout matriarch who took in four orphans to create her own family since he’s unable to have her own children. Her love for family trumps all in this intriguing drama that explores the fine line between survival and law.
Sutter, whose previous credits include The Shield and Sons of Anarchy, serves as creator, showrunner, and executive producer of The Abandons. He’s producing alongside Stephen Surjik, Emmy Grinwis, and prototype director Otto Bathurst.
Headey’s post-Game of Thrones projects include several voiceover roles on animated shows and the Netflix action thriller Gunpowder Milkshake. She’ll soon star alongside Woody Harrelson, Justin Theroux, and Domhnall Gleeson in White House Plumbers.
