AMC's The Walking Dead companion series has found its female lead.
Following an extensive casting search, Gone Girl and Sons of Anarchy alum Kim Dickens will co-star in the prequel series from Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and showrunner Dave Erickson, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
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The project, also known as Cobalt, takes place in Los Angeles at the dawn of the zombie apocalypse. For non-comics readers, Kirkman's graphic novels have never explored the origins of the zombie apocalypse.
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Cliff Curtis (Gang Related) stars as Sean Cabrera, a teacher who shares a son with his ex-wife, Andrea. The character is described as a good man trying to do right by everyone in his life.
Dickens will play the role of Nancy Tomkins, a guidance counselor who works and dating her colleague, Sean. Nancy has two kids but it's unclear what happened to her husband. She has a troubled past that will come up later in the series.
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Frank Dillane (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) co-stars as Nancy's son Nick, who has battled a drug problem; and Alycia Debnam Carey (Into the Woods) is set as Nancy's ambitious daughter Ashley, who is the polar opposite of Nick and has dreams of leaving L.A. for Berkeley when the apocalypse strikes.
Dickens, repped by Gersh, also counts credits including Treme, Friday Night Lights and Lost among her TV credits.
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