EXCLUSIVE: Westworld‘s Angela Sarafyan has joined the cast of Amazon MGM Studios and MRC‘s Viola Davis action thriller feature, G20.
She joins a big roster that also includes Anthony Anderson (black-ish), Marsai Martin (black-ish), Ramón Rodríguez (Will Trent), Antony Starr (The Boys), Douglas Hodge (The Great), Elizabeth Marvel (The Color Purple), Sabrina Impacciatore (The White Lotus), Clark Gregg (Painkiller), Christopher Farrar (Home Team), John Hoogenakker (Waco: The Aftermath) and MeeWha Alana Lee (Umma).
Pic is directed by Patricia Riggen (The 33). G20 sees terrorists overtake the G20 Summit, with American President Danielle Sutton (Davis) then bringing all her statecraft and military experience to defend her family, her fellow leaders and the world. Noah and Logan Miller penned the screenplay, with revisions by Caitlin Parrish, Erica Weiss, and Jason Hall. Mad Chance’s Andrew Lazar is producing alongside JuVee Productions’ Davis and Julius Tennon.
Sarafyan was a series regular on HBO’s multi-Emmy winning drama Westword as Clementine.
She can currently be seen as David Schwimmer’s love interest in Little Death, which premiered at Sundance in January.
She will also be seen in Sparkhouse Media’s independent feature Hail Mary opposite Jack Huston which premiered at SXSW 2023. Her other credits include Olmo Schnabel’s Pet Shop Days, Run & Gun with Richard Kind, and Blumhouse’s A House on the Bayou.
Sarafyan is represented by Innovative Artists, Entertainment 360, Narrative PR & Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller, Gellman, Meigs & Fox.