Her next film Happy Housewive won her a record breaking 5th Golden Calf at The Netherlands Film Festival and was voted 'Best Dutch Actress of All Time' by the Dutch audience. Her Dutch-language feature Love Life, gained her further critical acclaim and broke box office records in her native Holland. Recent projects include Instinct and Temple, a TV show for Sky opposite Mark Strong, which has been picked up for a second season. Other projects include Paul Verhoeven's award-winning Black Book and Bryan Singer's Valkyrie opposite Tom Cruise and as Melisandre on Game of Thrones. As Mare is drawn further into the Silver world, she risks everything and uses her new position to help the Scarlet Guard-a growing Red rebellion-even as her heart tugs her in an impossible direction.One of Europe's most celebrated actresses, Carice van Houten is perhaps best known as 'Melisandre' in the iconic TV show Game of Thrones, a performance for which she has been recognized with an Emmy Award nomination in 2019. To cover up this impossibility, the king forces her to play the role of a lost Silver princess and betroths her to one of his own sons. Before the king, princes, and all the nobles, she discovers she has an ability of her own.

Mare is a Red, scraping by as a thief in a poor, rural village, until a twist of fate throws her in front of the Silver court. Here's the synopsis: Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood-those with common, Red blood serve the Silver-blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities. Red Queen was published in 2015, and it's the first in a series of books set in an alternate future where a super-powered monarchy rules America. Banks will executive produce with Max Handelman.

Deadline says that Peacock has picked up the rights to the YA fantasy novel Red Queen, and that Elizabeth Banks will 'play a major supporting role' and direct the series. Victoria Aveyard, who wrote the book, is handling the script along with former Arrow showrunner Beth Schwartz.

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