After spending nearly two decades working in the United States, Julia Ormond returned to British screens with a memorable cameo in Howards End two years ago. Now she’s back in another intriguing relationship drama.
Full of mystery and dark family secrets, six-part series Gold Digger follows Ormond’s character, Julia Day, a wealthy divorcee who worries that life has passed her by until she meets Benjamin (Ben Barnes), a good-looking man 26 years her junior. As the pair embark on a whirlwind romance, Julia’s three grown-up children wonder whether Benjamin’s love for their mother is genuine – or is he simply after her money?
‘She’s a 60-year old woman who gave up her career for her kids and has now been left by her husband of three decades,’ says Ormond, whose list of credits includes movies Legends of the Fall and Sabrina, and roles in the TV series Mad Men and Nurse Jackie.
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