Thought The New Stars Of Black Doves Looked Familiar? Where You've Seen The Cast Before

Netflix’s spy drama is welcoming some familiar faces into the fold for season two.

Freelance Entertainment Reporter

Two years after Netflix’s Black Doves opened audiences up to the world of the titular spies-for-hire organisation, the spy drama is now back for more shocks, twists and laughs.

Season one introduced Keira Knightley as high-ranking spy Helen and Ben Whishaw as lethal assassin, Sam, alongside Sarah Lancashire as their mysterious handler, Mrs Reed.

All three of them are back for season two, which arrived on Netflix earlier this week, as are season one’s Kathryn Hunter, Gabrielle Creevy and Agnes O’Casey, who return alongside a host of exciting and recognisable faces.

The show’s creator Joe Barton enthused: “To have so many [members] of our amazing cast returning and also being able to add some of my absolute favourite actors into the mix is such a great joy.”

Here’s where you may have seen the new cast of Black Doves season two before…

Joining the cast as a new, anarchic Black Doves agent is Ambika Mod.

Ambika is currently best known for playing Emma Morley in another popular Netflix series, One Day, in which she starred alongside Leo Woodall.

Black Doves is not her first time working with Ben Whishaw, as she previously played Shruti Acharya in the BBC medical drama This Is Going To Hurt.

Black Doves sees Ambika return to the world of spy dramas after she appeared as a junior intelligence officer in Steven Soderbergh’s 2025 film Black........

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