New TV thriller starring Jill Halfpenny is set for new year premiere
Girl Taken is based on novel, Baby Doll and will be broadcast on Paramount+
Jill Halfpenny will be back on our screens first thing in the new year in Girl Taken, a tense new six-part psychological thriller premiering on Paramount+ on January 8.
The Gateshead actor stars as Eve, a mother fighting to rebuild her shattered family after one of her twin daughters is abducted. She appears alongside Game of Thrones actor Alfie Allen, who plays Rick Hansen, the seemingly trusted local teacher responsible for the kidnapping.
Filmed in northern Spain, the series is based on Hollie Overton’s novel Baby Doll and follows twins Lily and Abby - played by real-life sisters, Tallulah and Delphi Evans - after Lily escapes years of captivity.
As the plot develops, freedom proves far from simple for Lily. The world she dreamed of returning to has changed, and the family must confront the trauma that still binds them.
As they attempt to move forward, Rick remains at large - determined to manipulate the truth and evade justice.
“My character is very real,” said Jill.
“When something so tragic happens in a family and you’re playing the mother - the mother is always expected to behave perfectly and have all the right reactions, but Eve is only capable of reacting how she reacts.
“Sometimes she just finds the whole situation unbearable and inconceivable and doesn’t always deal with it in the most healthy way, which I think is really human. That’s why I liked the role.
“I’m really looking forward to audiences to see it and think they’ll enjoy it.”
Produced by Clapperboard and adapted by David Turpin, Suzanne Cowie and Nessah Muthy, the supporting cast including Vikash Bhai, Niamh Walsh, Levi Brown and Victoria Ekanoye.