''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 Schi ...

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 b ...

as Vanags *Ian Gerard Whyte as Sean Duffy *Saar de Groof as Yalda *

Elmer Bäck Elmer Bäck (born 18 October 1981) is a Finnish actor who is best known for starring in a 2015 Peter Greenaway film '' Eisenstein in Guanajuato''. He has been in theatrical productions, in movies and on television in Finland, and is part of the t ...

as Matti *Venetia Bowe as Katya * Keith McErlean as DS Jason Briggs *

Pääru Oja Pääru Oja (born 16 May 1989) is an Estonian stage, film, voice, and television actor. Early life and education Pääru Oja was born in Tallinn, the youngest of two sons. His father is actor Tõnu Oja and his older brother is Estonian Theatre F ...

as David Vervloet *Megan O'Kelly as Anya *Toni O'Rourke as Nina *Charlotte Timmers as Annabelle Fried *

Maria Doyle Kennedy Maria Josephine Doyle Kennedy (born 25 September 1964) is an Irish singer and actress. With a singing and acting career that has spanned more than 30 years, she has established herself as one of Ireland's most prolific artists and entertainers. ...

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 Derek Ugochukwu (born 7 June 1991) is a Nigerian director, writer, and actor. He studied at Dun Laoghaire Institute Of Art Design and Technology in Dublin and was named one of Screen International Rising Stars of Ireland. Early life and educ ...

as Abu Al Jabar * Jussi Nikkilä as Aarne * Rea Mauranen as Mamia *

Jack Bandeira Jack Bandeira (born 29 March 1994) is an English actor. He is known for his roles in television series ''Noughts + Crosses'', ''Young Wallander'', ''Vera'', ''Silent Witness'', ''Holby City'', '' Happy Valley'' and '' Lockwood & Co.'' Then he app ...

as Monty *

Danielle Galligan Danielle Galligan (born 1 December 1992) is an Irish actress, theatre maker, and poet. On television, she is known for her role in the Netflix series '' Shadow and Bone'' (2021–). She was nominated for an IFTA for her performance in the film ...

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 David Joss Buckley (born 17 June 1948) is a British screenwriter, playwright, author, actor, and musician. A BAFTA-nominated screenwriter, Buckley has written many hours of television drama, including episodes of ''Emmerdale'' (1989–1996), '' ...

and Brendan Foley 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 List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, 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 dow ...

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 ...

, Antwerp,

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.

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;

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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

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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