Michael Kelly is the latest actor to join the cast of Taylor Sheridan’s Lioness. The actor will be starring along with Zoe Saldana, Laysla De Oliveira, Morgan Freeman and Nicole Kidman in the series. The series follows a young Marine, played by Oliveira, who is recruited by the CIA to befriend a terrorist’s daughter in an attempt to bring down the organisation from within. 

Saldana will be playing the role of the Station Chief of the Lioness program, who has the duty of managing, training, and leading her undercover female recruits. Kidman will be playing a senior supervisor in the CIA who has many years of experience in the place. Kelly, who has been signed up as a recurring star,  will play CIA Deputy Director Byron Westfield.

Lioness will also feature Jill Wagner, Dave Annable, LaMonica Garrett, James Jordan, Austin Hébert, Hannah Love Lanier, Stephanie Nur, and Jonah Wharton.