The Trailer for Netflix's 'The Diplomat' Sees Keri Russell Face Challenges Foreign and Domestic

Hot on the heels of the success of The Night Agent, Netflix's next big political thriller is set to make a big splash this April. The Diplomat features an intense premise, an all star cast, and an intriguing mix of high stakes politics and more character-driven personal dynamics.

Described as a contemporary political drama about the transcendence and torture of long-term relationships between both countries and people, the eight-part series hails from showrunner and writer Debora Cahn (Homeland) It stars award-winning actress Keri Russell as Kate Wyler, the newly appointed U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom, who is struggling to balance her duties in a job she didn't really want while dealing with the problems her new post is causing in her marriage. Given her five-year stint as a Russian spy on The Americans, Russell is certainly no stranger to politically infused drama, but at least she's (ostensibly) playing a good guy this time.

But trying to prevent a war isn't the only problem she'll have to navigate while she's in London. Rufus Sewell (Victoria) plays Kate's husband Hal, a former ambassador in his own right who still has plenty of political connections and opinions about how his wife should be doing her job. (Whether she wants to hear them or not.)