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Gillian Anderson to guest star in The Great season 2

May 16, 2021 by Gary Collinson

Fresh off her Golden Globe-winning turn as Margaret Thatcher in The Crown, actress Gillian Anderson has now lined up a guest role in the Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult-led period comedy-drama The Great.

The news was revealed through the official Twitter account for the Hulu series, with Anderson set to take on the role of Joanna, the mother of Fanning’s Catherine the Great. She will appear in a two-episode guest spot in season two, which is yet to receive a premiere date.

SEE ALSO: Read our review of The Great season one here

.@GillianA is joining Season 2 of #TheGreat as Catherine’s mother, Joanna. Welcome to our court, Gillian! 🥂
📷: Richard Phibbs pic.twitter.com/NV1H5bNDb0

— The Great (@TheGreatHulu) May 14, 2021

Anderson will next be seen in the third season of Netflix’s Sex Education, while she also recently signed on to portray Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in Showtime’s upcoming drama The First Lady.

 

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Elle Fanning, Gillian Anderson, Nicholas Hoult, The Great

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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