''Cold Courage'' is an international crime-drama series based on the ''Studio'' book series and named after the first installment by Pekka Hiltunen. The 8 episodes were available on

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on 3 May 2020.

Premise

The series follows two Finnish women in London who become involved in a secret organisation.

Cast

Main

*Sofia Pekkari as Lia *

Pihla Viitala Pihla Viitala (born 30 September 1982) is a Finnish actress. She studied acting at the Helsinki Theatre Academy. Personal life In 2004, Viitala married musician Kerkko Koskinen; the couple divorced in 2008. She married Kazakh- German Alex Sc ...

as Mari *

John Simm John Ronald Simm (born 10 July 1970) is an English actor, director, and musician. He is best known for playing Sam Tyler in ''Life on Mars'', the Master in ''Doctor Who,'' and DS Roy Grace in ''Grace.'' His other television credits include '' S ...

as Arthur Fried * Arsher Ali DCI Peter Chandra *

Peter Coonan Peter Coonan (born 1984) is an Irish actor, known for his role as Fran Cooney in the RTÉ One series '' Love/Hate'', for which he won Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Television at the 11th Irish Film & Television Awards. In 2011, he played ...

as Paddy *

Jakob Eklund Jakob Anders Eklund (born 21 February 1962) is a Swedish film, television and stage actor. He portrayed the fictional police officer Johan Falk in 20 movies. His wife, Marie Richardson, played his on-screen girlfriend in the trilogy of films ' ...

as Berg *

Caroline Goodall Caroline Cruice Goodall (born 13 November 1959) is a British actress and screenwriter. She was nominated for AFI Awards for her roles in the 1989 miniseries ''Cassidy'', and the 1995 film ''Hotel Sorrento''. Her other film appearances include ' ...

as Maggie *Matteo Simoni as Rico

Recurring

Antti Reini Antti Reini (born 27 August 1964) is a Finnish film actor. At the 27th Guldbagge Awards he was nominated for the award for Best Actor for his role in '' Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem''. Seven films (2011–2015) made from the '' Vares'' novels ...

as Vanags *Ian Gerard Whyte as Sean Duffy *Saar de Groof as Yalda * Elmer Bäck as Matti *Venetia Bowe as Katya *

Keith McErlean Keith McErlean is an Irish actor. Born and raised in Carndonagh in Inishowen, County Donegal, in the Republic of Ireland, his career began when he graduated from the Gaiety School of Acting in June 1998. He has appeared in many plays for the A ...

as DS Jason Briggs * Pääru Oja as David Vervloet *Megan O'Kelly as Anya *Toni O'Rourke as Nina *Charlotte Timmers as Annabelle Fried * Maria Doyle Kennedy as Suzie Hawkins *David Fawaz as Mohammad Latif *

Aislín McGuckin Aislín McGuckin (born May 1974) is a Northern Irish actress. She has appeared in theatre, television, and film roles. Her early film work includes ''The Nephew'' and ''The White Countess''. From 2014 to 2015, she starred as Letitia MacKenzie ...

as Toni Gallagher * Derek Ugochukwu as Abu Al Jabar * Jussi Nikkilä as Aarne * Rea Mauranen as Mamia * Jack Bandeira as Monty * Danielle Galligan as Daiga Mednis *Matti Onnismaa as Mikael

Episodes

Production

In May 2017, it was announced

and Sagafilm had picked up the ''Studio'' series, the first book titled ''Cold Courage'', by Pekka Hiltunen. Luminoir's Markku Flink would produce, and David Joss Buckley and

Brendan Foley Brendan Foley may refer to: * Brendan Foley (filmmaker) * Brendan Foley (rugby union) Brendan Oliver Foley (born 6 August 1950) is an Irish former rugby union player, who played in the amateur era of the sport. He played primarily as a Lock (rug ...

would adapt the story for screen. The series is internationally co-produced by Finnish, Irish, Belgian, and Icelandic production companies Luminoir, Vico Films, Potemkino, and Sagafilm respectively. Casting was announced in January 2019 as principal photography for the series began, taking place in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

, and

Kainuu Kainuu ( sv, Kajanaland) is one of the 19 regions of Finland (''maakunta'' / ''landskap''). Kainuu borders the regions of North Ostrobothnia, North Savo and North Karelia. In the east, it also borders Russia (Republic of Karelia). Culturally Kai ...

Release

A trailer was released on 6 April 2020. The series was available in Nordic countries on

on 3 May 2020.

Global Road Entertainment Open Road Films, LLC (formerly Global Road Entertainment from 2017 to 2018) is an American film production and distribution company based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded by Eric Hohl on March 26, 2011 as a joint venture between the t ...

originally had the rights to distribute the series internationally before withdrawing; Lionsgate now distributes internationally. In August 2020, it was announced the series would premiere on

BritBox BritBox is an online digital video subscription service, founded by BBC Studios and ITV plc, operating in nine countries across North America, Europe, Australia and South Africa.

in the UK on 3 September. Cold Courage premiered on AMC+ in the United States on March 11, 2021.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 8409626 2020 British television series debuts 2020 British television series endings 2020 Irish television series debuts 2020 Belgian television series debuts 2020 Finnish television series debuts 2020s crime drama television series Television series based on novels Works based on Finnish works