WATCH / Diplomatic flair Keri Russell returns as no-nonsense, London-based US ambassador Kate Wyler in season two of The Diplomat. Some actors are made for television. That’s not an insult, far from it; there’s an art to long-form acting over six, 12 or even 300 episodes, and maintaining the audience’s interest in a character that could quickly become predictable.
So all hail Keri Russell and her return in season two of The Diplomat (Netflix), in which she plays sparky, fashion-phobic, hairbrush-hating US ambassador Kate Wyler. Wyler is stationed in London with her roguish almost-ex-husband Hal (a devilish Rufus Sewell) and her almost-new squeeze, UK foreign secretary Austin Dennison (David Gyasi). It’s Russell’s third lead role on TV and confirms her status as a small-screen queen.
From the moment she broke out in the 1998 college drama Felicity (the show in which she infamously received death threats after cutting her hair), she has captivated audiences. Russell took it up another level in 2013 spy drama The Americans , which combined diabolical wigs with off-the-hook chemistry between Russell and her co-star (and now husband) Matthew Rhys. The Diplomat , once again, finds Russell in her element: taking no nonsense from anyone and looking like she’s having a hell of a time doing it.
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