Kim Dickens Takes Female Lead in The Walking Dead Spinoff

Deadline is reporting that veteran character
actress Kim Dickens -who recently made waves
for her role as a police detective in Gone Girl-
has taken the lead female role opposite Cliff
Curtis in AMC’s “The Walking Dead” companion
series.
As previously reported, the female lead will be a
guidance counselor who is in a relationship with
a divorced teacher (Curtis). Frank Dillane and
Alycia Debnam Carey are playing her children
from a previous marriage, and Dickens’ character
will have a dark past which comes back to haunt
her. Unlike its Georgia-set predecessor, the
spinoff show (nicknamed “Cobalt”) will take
place in Los Angeles during the same zombie
outbreak.
Besides her plum role in this year’s Gone Girl,
Kim Dickens has appeared as a series regular on
HBO shows “Treme” and “Deadwood,” and will
also play a key role in the upcoming third season
of Netflix’s “House of Cards.” Her film work
includes memorable roles in Zero Effect, Thank
You For Smoking , The Blind Side and the
Footloose remake.
Co-created by Robert Kirkman and Dave
Erickson, the series will take place in the same
zombie apocalypse depicted in “The Walking
Dead” albeit in a different location and potentially
at a different point in time. Erickson will serve as
the showrunner for the new series which will be
executive produced by Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd
and David Alpert. Adam Davidson will direct the
series.