She captivated us for two seasons as Anne Boleyn on The Tudors and went to the gallows with grace. Now, British actress Natalie Dormer will broaden her reach into U.S. households with a turn on a Fox spy series, Variety reports.
The pilot for the drama, Masterwork, will feature Dormer as an MI5 operative who teams up with a hunky FBI agent to hunt the world’s most sought-after artifacts.
The show is being developed by the creative minds behind Prison Break, so it’s sure to have its share of cliffhanger endings.
In the meantime, The Tudors returns to Showtime Sunday, April 5, at …read more

Natalie Dormer carried off her role as Anne Boelyn with grace and depth last season on The Tudors. She was similarly radiant last week on the red carpet at the London premiere of Showtime colleague David Duchovny’s latest film, The X-Files: I Want to Believe.

Dormer’s next project, Fencewalker, comes from X-Files creator Chris Carter and co-stars Supernatural’s Katie Cassidy and rapper/actor Xzibit, who’s in the X-Files movie. Carter’s keeping the details under wraps, but rumor has it the film is a semiautobiographical coming-of-age drama.

Thanks to Tom O’Neil over at Gold Derby keeping one step ahead of the TV academy in reporting the Emmy contenders, we’re feeling pretty good about Showtime’s presence in this year’s Emmy race.

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Mary-Kate Olsen may not have made the Emmy’s Top 10 list for her guest performance on Weeds (boo!) but Mary-Louise Parker’s devil-may-care Nancy put her in contention for best comedic actress. Elizabeth Perkins‘ and Justin Kirk scored spots on the supporting actress/actor lists, even though Kevin Nealon was shut out. Apparently …read more