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It follows the mysterious Amalia True (Laura Donnelly), the head of an orphanage of the "Touched" children and teens, pursuing a secret mission with the help of her friend Penance Adair (Ann Skelly) They face prejudice, a mad Touched terrorist named Maladie (Amy Manson), an untrustworthy ally (Olivia Williams), and a Lord who hates them[...]

Laura Donnelly and Eva Green are classically-trained theatrical actors who played a deeply flawed heroine on their respective shows that take them into territories few actors get to explore Eva Green plays Vanessa Ives on Penny Dreadful, the doomed spiritualist, witch, and psychic with an agonized relationship with God as she's in danger of being[...]

Amalia True (Laura Donnelly) has a mission to protect the Touch, and possibly a deeper mission than that, to fight an oppressive world threat or order She has a mysterious past as much as a mysterious present She's just like Buffy and Echo (Eliza Dushku) from Dollhouse Prudence Adair (Ann Skelly) is like Willow (Alyson[...]

If there was one major takeaway from the series premiere of HBO's The Nevers, it's that Amalia True (Laura Donnelly) and Penance Adair (Ann Skelly) are going to have their hands full for all six episodes of Part One As if trying to keep all of London from turning into an angry, torch-wielding mob looking to[...]

Libertine aristocrat Hugo Swann (James Norton) seeks to exploit the Touched sexually for profit and power. "Strong Female Protagonist" Amalia True (Laura Donnelly) as angry, angst-ridden, hard-drinking, ass-kicking heroine that male "feminist ally" writers love to write (See also the works of Greg Rucka) The publicity describes her as "The most irresponsible, spontaneous, and psychologically broken hero[...]

Starting this Sunday, Amalia True (Laura Donnelly) and Penance Adair (Ann Skelly) are ready to save Victorian London from the supernatural threats it's about to face while also looking to save those – mostly women- who've developed special abilities as the result of a game-changing event But to do that, they will find many a[...]

In fact, from Laura Donnelly to Ann Skelly to Zackary Momoh, there seems to be one consistent theme you'll hear in the following look behind the scenes: The Nevers is unlike anything they've worked on before. Image: Screencap Check out the following clip, where the cast sets up the show's exciting world, its characters, and what audiences can[...]

With only a little more than a week to go until HBO and showrunner Philippa Goslett's (Little Ashes, Mary Magdalene) sci-fi, fantasy, action-drama The Nevers works its magic across television screens, viewers are getting a chance to get up close and personal with some of the "power-brokers" they'll meet during the series' 6-episode "Part One." What[...]

With less than a month to go until HBO and showrunner Philippa Goslett's (Little Ashes, Mary Magdalene) sci-fi, fantasy, action/drama The Nevers graces our screens (and less than a day after the official trailer and poster were released), series stars Laura Donnelly (Amalia True) and Ann Skelly (Penance Adair) are offering their thoughts on what it[...]

Less than a month after Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Avengers) announced that principal photography was underway on HBO's upcoming epic sci-fi drama The Nevers, we're now learning who will be joining Outlander's Laura Donnelly – and it's quite a few Olivia Williams (Miss Austen Regrets), James Norton (Grantchester), Tom Riley (Dark Heart), Ann[...]

A little more than two months after HBO and Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Avengers) announced they had found their lead for The Nevers in Outlander's Laura Donnelly, principal photography is now officially underway on the upcoming epic science fiction drama Whedon is set to write (alongside Jane Espenson and Doug Petrie), direct, executive produce[...]

HBO and Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Avengers) have found their lead for The Nevers, with Outlander's Laura Donnelly set to join the upcoming epic science fiction drama Whedon is set to write (alongside Jane Espenson and Doug Petrie), direct, executive produce (along with Espenson, Petrie, and Bernie Caulfield), and serve as showrunner on[...]