Black Doves Season 2 Adds Neve Campbell, Ambika Mod, Babou Ceesay, and Sam Riley

Black Doves adds four new cast members to its ensemble.

The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Neve Campbell, Ambika Mod, Babou Ceesay, and Sam Riley will join the spy thriller.

Mod will star as Laila, “an acerbic and anarchic Black Doves agent sent to help Helen on a mission,” Ceesay as Mr. Conteh, “a Black Doves executive with suspicious motivations,” Riley as Patrick, “an emissary from a mysterious organization who offers Sam a lifeline, and Campbell as Cecile Mason.

They will be joined by Sylvia Hoeks as Katia Chernov, Goran Kostic as Alexi Chernov, and Samuel Barnett as Jerry. 

Meanwhile, Keira Knightley returns as Helen, alongside Ben Whishaw as Sam and Sarah Lancashire as Mrs. Reed. Kathryn Hunter, Ella Lily Hyland, Gabrielle Creevy, Agnes O’Casey, and Molly Chesworth will also reprise their roles from Black Doves Season 1. 

“To say we are overexcited about welcoming the Black Doves team back to Netflix would be an understatement,” Anne Mensah, vice president of content at Netflix UK, says, said in a statement per Netflix’s Tudum.

“This is what happens when best-in-class writing meets best-in-class directing and extraordinary acting in a dark alley with guns and champagne. We couldn’t be more thrilled, and we know the Black Doves fandom is waiting!”

Netflix renewed the series for its second season three months before its debut during the Edinburgh TV Festival in August 2024.

Black Doves Season 2’s description reads as follows: 

Helen is still betraying her nation’s secrets to the covert organization she serves, the Black Doves. But after the misadventures of last Christmas, and with her husband, Wallace, preparing to become prime minister, she’s walking a more treacherous line than ever.

As Helen’s enigmatic handler, Mrs. Reed, is ensnared in a ruthless plot to undermine her position in the Black Doves, Helen is reunited with her best friend, Sam. The once high-end triggerman is now reduced to lonely drinks in Soho bars and low-rate hits. As they search for answers, loyalties are weaponized, trust is shattered, and the fight to protect the people they love could cost everything.

Like Season 1, the second season is currently in production in and around London. The streamer has not shared a release date. Notably, the first season premiered in December, coinciding with Black Doves taking place at Christmastime in London.

“I couldn’t be more excited to delve back into the world of our murderous little spy family. To have so many [members] of our amazing cast returning and also being able to add some of my absolute favorite actors into the mix is such a great joy,” writer, creator, and executive producer Joe Barton shared. 

“Downing Street will never be the same,” Barton continued.

Barton executive produces through Noisy Bear, alongside Jane Featherstone and Chris Fry of Sister, and Knightley. Callum Devrell-Cameron is a series producer.

Julian Farino and Kieron Hawkes are set to direct the second season.

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Black Doves Season 2 will stream on Netflix.

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