Icelandic actress Hera Hilmar, who will next be seen leading the Peter Jackson-produced Mortal Engines, has joined the slate of guest stars for Amazon’s The Romanoffs. The anthology series is Matthew Weiner’s followup to his Emmy-winning Mad Men and is set to debut this year on Amazon Prime. Hilmar is playing Ondine, an elegant figure capable of malice, in the episode entitled “The One That Holds Everything.”
Created, written, directed and exec produced by Weiner, The Romanoffs is set around the globe featuring separate stories about people who believe themselves to be descendants of the Russian royal family. The cast includes Diane Lane, Aaron Eckhart, Isabelle Huppert, Marthe Keller, Christina Hendricks, John Slattery, Jack Huston, Amanda Peet, Corey Stoll, Andrew Rannells, Mike Doyle, JJ Feild, Janet Montgomery and Paul Reiser.
