Kate Winslet may be known for her starring roles in films such as Titanic and The Holiday, but she’s no stranger to the TV screen either. In fact, over the last couple of years she’s taken on a number of stand-out TV projects, from Mare Of Easttown to I Am Ruth.

And Winslet’s TV era shows no sign of slowing. Last year, it was announced that she would be starring in not one but two HBO shows called Trust and The Palace – and while we’re yet to hear anything about Trust, we’ve just been given our first-look at The Palace.

The image – which features Winslet – sees the actor sat at a table in what looks like a stately palace. She is wearing a blue blazer with a gold pattern embroidered on the lapels, and has her hair scraped back in an official-looking style. You can check it out below. 

As previously announced, The Palace tells the story of one year within the walls of the palace of an authoritarian regime as it begins to unravel. And while we’re yet to get any official details about who Winslet will be playing, the first-look image makes it seem as if she’s a part of the regime in some way – perhaps even its leader.

While we’ll have to wait a little longer to learn more about what The Palace has in store for viewers, we can rest in the knowledge that it’s in safe hands.

Not only is Kate Winslet also serving as an executive producer, but the writer Will Tracy – known for his work on Succession and the recent film The Menu – is serving as a writer, executive producer and showrunner on the series. 

The pair are being joined by Stephen Frears, who marked his place among the UK’s greatest directors with LGBTQ+ love story My Beautiful Laundrette (starring a young and then-unknown Daniel Day-Lewis). 

He has since gone on to direct blistering tales for TV including the BBC mini-series A Very English Scandal and ITV’s Quiz, which was based on the story of the ‘coughing Major’ on Who Wants To Be Millionaire.

We don’t have a release date for The Palace just yet but production is officially underway in Austria, so it shouldn’t be long until we hear more.

But if one thing’s for sure, we’re very excited. After all, Winslet previously scooped Emmy awards in the outstanding lead actress category for HBO’s Mare Of Easttown and Mildred Pierce, so we can’t wait to see what this next collaboration holds.  

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