Yvonne Strahovski To Headline & EP ‘A Woman Of Intelligence’ Series In Works At UCP

EXCLUSIVE: Yvonne Strahovski ( The Handmaid’s Tale, Stateless ) is set to star and executive produce a series adaptation of A Woman of Intelligence, based on Karin Tanabe’s bestselling novel. UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, is developing the project with Strahovski’s Anovi Peak Productions. A platform has yet to been determined.

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Tom Bidwell ( The Irregulars, My Mad Fat Diary ) serves as writer and executive producer.

In the series, overwhelmed with the relentlessness and loneliness of motherhood, a 1950’s housewife (Strahovski) finds a way to rediscover herself when she is asked by the FBI to infiltrate the KGB. But before long, what started as a good way to get childcare fast turns into a nightmare and she realizes that her family’s future and the fate of the western world are in her hands.

Nina Tassler, Joan Boorstein, Mel McKeon and Laura Myones also will executive produce for AFA/Prime Talent Media.

Strahovski is a two-time Emmy nominee and Golden Globe nominee for her portrayal of Serena Joy Waterford in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale . She was named Best Lead Actress in a TV Drama at the 2022 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards for her starring role in Netflix’s psychological drama Stateless , which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival. Her other television credits include Fox’s 24: Live Another Day , Showtime’s Dexter , NBC’s Chuck and ABC’s The Astronaut Wives Club .

On the film side, Strahovski starred alongside Chris Pratt in the Skydance/Amazon sci-fi, time-traveling film, The Tomorrow War . Other feature credits include Angel of Mine, Manhattan Night, Killer Elite and The Guilt Trip.

Strahovski is repped by Paradigm, AFA/Prime Talent, and Gretchen Rush.

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In addition to A Woman of Intelligence , Tanabe is the author of over a half-dozen novels, including The Sunset Crowd and The Gilded Years. A former Politico reporter, she is a frequent contributor to The Washington Post, among other major newspapers, and has appeared as a celebrity and politics expert on Entertainment Tonight , CNN, and CBS’ Early Show . Tanabe is published by St. Martin’s Press and represented by WME Books.

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