The Honourable Woman

Overview

Nessa Stein, the daughter of a Zionist arms procurer who as a child witnessed his assassination. Now an adult, Nessa inherits her father's company and changes course from supplying arms to laying data cabling networks between Israel and the West Bank. Her efforts to reconcile the Israelis and Palestinians lands her an appointment to the House of Lords and creates an international political maelstrom.

Principal Cast

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Nessa Stein

Stephen Rea

Hugh Hayden-Hoyle

Lubna Azabal

Atika Halibi

Katherine Parkinson

Rachel Stein

Janet McTeer

Julia Walsh

Lindsay Duncan

Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle

Eve Best

Monica Chatwin

Andrew Buchan

Ephra Stein

Seasons

Miniseries

8 episodes