''Fearless'' is a six-part British crime thriller television drama series created by screenwriter Patrick Harbinson and broadcast on ITV in 2017. The series follows human-rights lawyer Emma Banville (

Helen McCrory Helen Elizabeth McCrory (17 August 1968 – 16 April 2021) was an English actress. After studying at the Drama Centre London, she made her stage debut in ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' in 1990. Other stage roles include playing Lady Mac ...

) as she tries to prove convicted murderer Kevin Russell innocent of the murder of schoolgirl Linda Simms 14 years earlier. Russell asserts that he is innocent of the crime, and Emma believes that his conviction was a miscarriage of justice. She goes to extreme lengths to discover the truth. Supporting cast includes Michael Gambon as influential former Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet Office Sir Alastair McKinnon,

Jonathan Forbes Jonathan Forbes (born 4 December 1976 in Dublin) is an Irish actor. Early life Forbes was born in Dublin, Ireland on 4 December 1976. He attended Gonzaga College where he was in the same class as fellow actor Andrew Scott (actor), Andrew Scot ...

as Emma's colleague Dominic Truelove,

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as DCS Olivia Greenwood, the Investigating Officer on the Linda Simms case, and

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as Emma's boyfriend Steve Livesey. Filming for the series began in September 2016 in London and East Anglia. The series debuted on ITV in the UK on 12 June 2017 and has received positive reviews, with critics praising Helen McCrory's performance. However, the show was cancelled in March 2018 after one series.

Cast

Main cast

as Emma Banville, an experienced human rights lawyer *

as Dominic Truelove, a former police officer and Banville's legal assistant *

Sam Swainsbury Sam Swainsbury is an English actor, known for his roles as Jason in the BBC sitcom '' Mum'' and the Stonehenge TV reporter in '' Thor: The Dark World''. Career In 2013, Swainsbury featured on the film '' Thor: The Dark World'', he played a Stoneh ...

as Kevin Russell, a 37-year-old man who insists he was wrongly imprisoned for 14 years for the murder of Linda Simms *

Rebecca Callard Rebecca Jayne Callard (born 3 June 1975) is an English actress and writer. Early life Callard was born Rebecca Jayne Atkinson, the only surviving child from her mother Beverley Callard's first marriage to Paul Atkinson. Her parents divorced i ...

as Annie Peterson, Kevin's former fiancée and the mother of his son *

as DCS Olivia Greenwood, a

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officer who previously led the Simms murder investigation * Robin Weigert as Heather Myles, a

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operative *

as Steve Livesey, Banville's photographer boyfriend *

Jamie Bamber Jamie Saint John Bamber Griffith (born 3 April 1973), known professionally as Jamie Bamber, is a British actor, known for his roles as Lee Adama in ''Battlestar Galactica'' and Detective Sergeant Matt Devlin in the ITV series '' Law & Order: ...

as Matthew Wild MP, a young politician and former soldier who later becomes Leader of the Opposition *

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as Laura Wild, wife of Matthew Wild * Michael Gambon as Sir Alastair McKinnon, the former Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet under Prime Minister

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Supporting cast

* Eve Austin as Linda Simms, the 15-year-old girl murdered in 2003 *

Rick Warden Richard George Warden is an English actor. Warden studied at Dr Challoner's Grammar School and received a B.A. honours in history at Churchill College, Cambridge, 1994. He married actress Lucy Barker on 1 May 2004. He is probably best known ...

as Charlie Simms, father of Linda *

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as Beth Simms, mother of Linda * Ben Cartwright as Phil Simms, uncle of Linda * Jack Hollington as Jason, the 14-year-old son of Kevin Russell and Annie Peterson *

Christine Bottomley Christine Bottomley (born 27 April 1979) is an English actress. Early life Born in Rochdale and grew up in an apartment above the family's chemist shop. She went to several local youth drama groups before embarking on a course at the Royal S ...

as DS Jenna Brooks, a

officer *

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as Miriam Attar, Syrian wife of a suspected terrorist and friend of Banville * Alec Newman as Tony Pullings, a photojournalist *

Allan Corduner Allan Corduner (; born 2 April 1950) is a British actor. Born in Stockholm to a German mother and a Russo-Finnish father, Corduner grew up in a secular Jewish home in London. After earning a BA (Hons) in English and Drama at Bristol Univer ...

as Monty Berman *

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as Maggie Berman * Brendan Patricks as DCI Nicholas Staines, a Metropolitan Police Service detective *

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as Imran *

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as Jack Kretchmer, the former US

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under President

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as Karen Buxton *

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as Dr. Yusef Attar, one of Banville's clients suspected of having ties to

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* Tim McMullan as David Nolenn *

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as Nicola Osborne * Jack Shepherd as Arthur Banville, Emma's terminally ill father *

Kika Markham Erika S.L. "Kika" Markham (born 1940)''birth registered 4th quarter (Oct, Nov, Dec) 1940'' is an English actress. Early life Markham is a daughter of actor David Markham and writer Olive Dehn (1914–2007). She has three sisters: Petra, Sonia ...

as Eleanor Banville, Emma's mother * James Thorne as Derek Peterson, Annie's husband and Jason's stepfather * Sam Crane as Luke *

Sammy Winward Samantha Kate Winward (born 12 October 1985) is an English actress, singer and model. She is best known for playing the role of Katie Sugden in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' from 2001 to 2015. Early life Winward was born in Bolton, Great ...

as Siobhan Murphy * Corey Johnson as Larry Arlman, an American

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used by Banville and her colleagues * Jonah Lotan as Logan Bradley, a member of the

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