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Laysla De Oliveira is set to star in “Lioness.” Photo by Emma McIntyre/Paramount+
March 19 (UPI) — Locke & Key actress Laysla De Oliveira has signed on to star in Yellowstone and 1883 creator Taylor Sheridan’s new drama, Lioness. “So excited to dive into this role and be a part of this extraordinarily written project with these absolute legends!!! Thank you for making me a LIONESS,” De Oliveira tweeted Friday.
Zoe Saldaña was previously announced as the Paramount+ series’ lead.
Saldaña and Nicole Kidman are producers on the project, which is slated to go into production in June.
Tom Brady — whose credits include NOS4A2 and Colony — is executive producer and showrunner.
“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’s Lioness Engagement Team to help bring down a terrorist organization from within,” a synopsis said. “Saldaña will play Joe, the station chief of the Lioness program tasked with training, managing and leading her female undercover operatives.”
