Female Lead Cast in THE WALKING DEAD Companion Series
AMC has cast Kim Dickens in the lead role of their upcoming Walking Dead companion series Cobalt. You might recognize her from projects such as Gone Girl, Friday Night Lights, and Sons of Anarchy. She will take on the role of Nancy Tomkins, a guidance counselor who works with and dates a colleague of hers named Sean. She she also has two kids, but there's no information on what happened to her husband. The character is also described as having "a troubled past," which will play into her story arc.
She joins actor Cliff Curtis, who is playing Sean Cabrera, the teacher who is dating Nancy. The character is described as a good man trying to do right by everyone in his life. He also has a son that he shares with his ex-wife, Andrea.
The story is set in Los Angeles, and it's set at the dawn of the zombie apocalypse, so it's going to to be a prequel series of sorts. This is new ground for creator Robert Kirkman, who has never explored the origins of the zombie apocalypse in his comics.
The series also stars Frank Dillane (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) as Nancy's son Nick, who has had a past drug problem. Then there's Alycia Debnam Carey (Into the Woods), who is set to play Nancy's daughter Ashley, who is the complete opposite of her brother Nick. She has ambitious dreams of leaving L.A. for Berkeley, but then the apocalypse hits.
Source: THR