Which, like, duh. Who doesn't want to watch a series about a bunch of badass Victorian women with superpowers, fighting crime and defying 19th-century stereotypes?
The show is STELLAR (if I do say so myself), and the cast is fantastic. Here's a guide to some of the familiar faces on The Nevers you might have seen before.
Amalia True is played by Laura Donnelly.
She's bold, she's smart, and she's the leader of the "Touched" — a group of people with unexplainable superpowers. She has an incredible ability to see the near future just moments before it happens.
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The red-headed actor Mary Brighton is portrayed by Eleanor Tomlinson.
James Norton plays the promiscuous Hugo Swann.
Hugo is the charming, pansexual playboy who clearly lives life to the fullest.
Ann Skelly stars as the gentle Penance Adair.
Penance is Amalia True's BFF and cofounder of the orphanage where the Touched all live.
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Viola Prettejohn plays the young, polyglot Myrtle Haplisch.
Myrtle is the girl shown at the start of the series whom Amalia and Penance rescue. She speaks in a constant stream of varying languages.
The young Anna Devlin portrays Primrose Chattoway, a girl with a GIANT superpower.
Primrose's superpower is that she grew about 10 feet tall after being "touched" and her family kicked her out. She now lives at the orphanage with the other members of "the nevers."
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Augustus Bidlow's sister, Lavinia Bidlow, is portrayed by Olivia Williams.
Lavinia is one of society's elite. She uses her wealth for good, though, and funds the orphanage where all of the Touched live.
Like Viola, she also previously starred in Counterpart as Emily Burton Silk, and as Lady Priscilla Hamilton in The Halcyon.
The career criminal, Annie "Bonfire" Carbey, is played by Rochelle Neil.
Based on the pilot, it seems like Annie is Maladie's powerful sidekick. But with her ability to control fire, it wouldn't be surprising if she became a frontrunner character.
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Honorable Detective Frank Mundi is played by Ben Chaplin.
As of now, all we know about Detective Frank is that he's torn between his obligation to do his job and his seeming desire to protect the Touched.
You may remember him as the evil Captain Moulle in The Legend of Tarzan, Joel in Mad Dogs, and the Black Knight in The Letter for the King.
The intelligent Harriet Kaur is played by Kiran Sonia Sawar.
Harriet is the aspiring lawyer of the Touched with the ability to turn objects into glass.
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Denis O'Hare plays the deranged surgeon Dr. Edmund Hague.
Dr. Hague is a mad scientist/surgeon who is obsessed with finding out the source of the powers of the Touched.
Zackary Momoh plays the kind doctor Horatio Cousens.
Horatio is one of the lucky members of "the nevers" whose natural ability as a doctor was only enhanced by being "touched."
You probably remember him from Harriet as John Tubman, as David Stone in Doctor Sleep, and as Seth Butler in Seven Seconds.
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The government character, Lord Gilbert Massen, is played by Pip Torrens.
Most likely the villain of the series, Lord Gilbert sees the Touched as a threat.
Pip was the butler in Pride and Prejudice, Cary Warleggan in Poldark, Doctor Carlisle in The Remains of the Day, and the captain of the HMS Bedford in Tomorrow Never Dies.
Elizabeth Berrington portrays the powerful Lucy Best.
Although the pilot hasn't yet revealed her superpower, she is clearly wearing gloves for a reason...
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Her past roles include Mrs. Griffiths in Sanditon, Natalie in In Bruges, and Giselle in Naked.
Declan “Beggar King” Orrun, another criminal, is played by Nick Frost.
Declan could also be another villain; he is a crime lord with an innate ability to draw followers.
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