Melissa George returns to Aussie screens in the new dark comedy Ms. X.<\/p>\n
The former Home And Away star will play a suburban mother named Mia who is pulled into a dangerous criminal underworld after suspecting her husband of having an affair.<\/p>\n
In the six-part series, which premieres on BINGE<\/a> and Foxtel on June 30, George\u2019s character teams up with a high school friend and wannabe private investigator Oscar (Dean O\u2019Gorman), to search for answers following her husband\u2019s mysterious disappearance.<\/p>\n But their investigation goes disastrously wrong, leaving Mia on the run from police and a dangerous drug cartel, all while juggling kids and judgy PTA mums. <\/p>\n Ms. X is directed by New Zealand producer David de Lautour, who also created and co-wrote the series alongside Hannah Marshall.<\/p>\n \u201cAway we go! Australia \u2026 you\u2019re up first,\u201d he wrote on Instagram in anticipation of the June 30 premiere date. <\/p>\n \u201cSo excited for Ms. X to be making its way into the world. Thanks to our legendary cast and crew. Couldn\u2019t be prouder of everyone involved. Hope you enjoy the ride.\u201d<\/p>\n Stream Ms. X from June 30 on BINGE, available on Hubbl<\/a>.<\/p>\n In a separate statement, his collaborator Marshall wrote, \u201cMs. X is a darkly comic look into the New Zealand criminal underworld, that blends our unique brand of kiwi humour with a twisting crime story, made specifically for a global audience.\u201d<\/p>\n The series, which is filmed in New Zealand, is also expected to premiere in New Zealand and the UK in coming months. <\/p>\n Ms. X marks George\u2019s return to Aussie screens. The last time she appeared on an Aussie series was in the 2019 miniseries Bad Mothers.<\/p>\n Most recently, George starred on the American series The Mosquito Coast alongside Justin Theroux.<\/p>\n The drama follows a radical idealist Allie Fox (Theroux) who uproots his wife Margot (George) and their kids to Mexico after being fed up with the corruption in the US, only to find themselves being hunted by the US government. <\/p>\n George grew a strong fanbase after appearing on Home And Away from 1993 to 1996. After leaving the soap and her popular character Angel Parrish behind, she made a name for herself in Hollywood, starring in films such as The Amityville Horror and 30 Days of Night.<\/p>\n Ms. X premieres June 30 on BINGE.<\/p>\n Read related topics:Binge<\/a>Foxtel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melissa George returns to Aussie screens in the new dark comedy Ms. X. The former Home And Away…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,172244,183837,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-496401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ncaeditorialbinge","tag-ncaeditorialbingeprogram","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}