{"id":47998,"date":"2023-01-05T16:29:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T21:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=47998"},"modified":"2023-01-05T16:29:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T21:29:42","slug":"academy-and-emmy-award-winner-nicole-kidman-to-star-in-and-executive-produce-paramount-original-series-lioness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/05\/academy-and-emmy-award-winner-nicole-kidman-to-star-in-and-executive-produce-paramount-original-series-lioness\/","title":{"rendered":"Academy and Emmy Award Winner Nicole Kidman to Star in and Executive Produce Paramount+ Original Series &#8220;Lioness&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34755\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Paramount-Plus.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Paramount-Plus.webp 424w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Paramount-Plus-300x163.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/>Paramount+ today announced that Academy Award\u00ae winner Nicole Kidman is set to star in the upcoming original series LIONESS alongside series leads Zoe Salda\u00f1a and Laysla De Oliveira. As previously announced, Kidman will also serve as an executive producer under her production company, Blossom Films. From Academy Award nominee Taylor Sheridan, LIONESS is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios exclusively for Paramount+. <a href=\"https:\/\/paramountplus.qflm.net\/c\/130535\/1007327\/3065\">The most captivating stories and experiences are on Paramount+. Try it free!<\/a><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/paramountplus.qflm.net\/i\/130535\/1007327\/3065\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>LIONESS is based on a real-life CIA program and follows Cruz Manuelos (De Oliveira), a rough-around-the-edges but passionate young Marine recruited to join the CIA&#8217;s Lioness Engagement Team to help bring down a terrorist organization from within. Salda\u00f1a will play Joe, the station chief of the Lioness program tasked with training, managing and leading her female undercover operatives.<\/p><div id=\"morty-814222247\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38327 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Nicole-Kidman3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Nicole-Kidman3.jpg 320w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Nicole-Kidman3-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>Kidman will play Kaitlyn Meade, the CIA&#8217;s senior supervisor who has had a long career of playing the politics game. She must juggle the trappings of being a woman in the high-ranking intelligence community, a wife who longs for the attention she herself can&#8217;t even give and a mentor to someone veering suspiciously close to the same rocky road she&#8217;s found herself on.<\/p>\n<p>Academy Award, Golden Globe\u00ae, SAG Award\u00ae, and Emmy Award\u00ae winner Nicole Kidman is best known for her critically acclaimed film work, including &#8220;<em>The Hours<\/em>,&#8221; which garnered her an Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA Award for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf. 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