Thuso Mbedu teams up with Mark Ruffalo in the thrilling crime drama 'Task'
Alison Oliver and Thuso Mbedu in new crime drama series called "Task".
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Multi-award-winning South African actress Thuso Mbedu has joined the likes of Oscar nominee Mark Ruffalo in the new crime series 'Task'.
Set to drop in September, the show will see Mbedu star as Sergeant Aleah Clinton, who is part of a task force that is sent out to put an end to a violent string of robberies in a working-class neighbourhood of Philadelphia.
This seven-episode series is created and written by the creator of 'Mare of Easttown', Brad Ingelsby.
The rest of the star-studded cast includes Tom Pelphrey, Emilia Jones, Raúl Castillo, Jamie McShane, Sam Keeley, Fabien Frankel and Alison Oliver.
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This series marks the 33-year-old's fifth international project as she continues to fly the South African flag high.
She made her international breakthrough in 2021 after she became the lead actress in Amazon Studios' adaptation of Colson Whitehead's novel, 'The Underground Railroad', slipping into the skin of Cora Randall, a slave on the Randall plantation in Georgia.
The actress went on to appear in multiple other award-winning movies and TV shows, such as the internationally acclaimed movie 'The Woman King' in 2022, playing Nawi alongside award-winning actress Viola Davis.
She also voiced the role of Annete in an animated television series called 'Castlevania: Nocturne' in 2023. She went on to voice the character of Junia in the award-winning 'Mufasa: The Lion King' in 2024.
Mbedu has also received nominations internationally for her roles in some movies, which include the award for Best Actress at the Critics' Choice Awards.
She won the Outstanding Performance award at the Gotham Awards for her role in 'The Underground Railroad', and she went on to win the TV Breakout Star Award in the same year at the Hollywood Critics Association Television Awards.
Mbedu is also a two-time International Emmy Award nominee and won an award for Best Performance by an actress in 2018.
Meanwhile, she announced in January that she will appear star in 'Children of Blood and Bone' and will be sharing the screen alongside Hollywood heavyweights such as Amandla Sternberg, Damson Idris, Cynthia Erivo, Viola Davis, Idris Elba as well as Lashana Lynch.
Watch the 'Task' trailer below:
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