Yvonne Strahovski (The Handmaid’s Tale, Stateless) will star in Peacock’s upcoming horror thriller series Teacup (FKA Unt. Ian McCulloch Project) in the series regular role of “Maggie Chenoweth,” and will produce.
The series follows a disparate group of people in rural Georgia who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat to survive. Inspired by the New York Times bestselling novel Stinger by Robert McCammon.
Atomic Monster’s James Wan (The Conjuring Universe, Archive 81), Michael Clear (Archive 81, Swamp Thing) and Rob Hackett (Archive 81, I Know What You Did Last Summer) executive produce alongside writer / executive producer Ian McCulloch (Yellowstone, Chicago Fire), director (101) / executive producer E.L. Katz (The Haunting of Bly Manor, Channel Zero), executive producer/author Robert McCammon, Francisca X. Hu and Kevin Tancharoen. Danielle Bozzone oversees for Atomic Monster. The studio is UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group.
Strahovski is well known for her portrayal of Serena Joy Waterford in Hulu’s Emmy and Golden Globe-winning original series, The Handmaid’s Tale, earning an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film. The series is currently in production for the sixth and final season.
Most recently, she was featured in Scrambled which premiered to audiences at the SXSW Film Festival in March 2023. She also starred alongside Chris Pratt in Amazon Studio’s sci-fi, time-traveling film, The Tomorrow War. Before that, Strahovski starred in the six-part TV series Stateless.
Additional TV credits include Fox’s 24: Live Another Day, Showtime’s Dexter, NBC’s Chuck and ABC’s The Astronaut Wives Club.
Strahovski is repped by Paradigm, AFA Prime Talent Media and Gretchen Rush.