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Boris Kodjoe, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Gerald McRaney to Star in J.J. Abrams’ Undercovers

Gugu Mbatha-Raw
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Gugu Mbatha-Raw
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NBC will air Undercovers, a new series starring Broadway veterans Boris Kodjoe, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Gerald McRaney, this fall, according to EW.com.

The series is created by J.J. Abrams and Josh Reims. It features Kodjoe and Mbatha-Raw as married ex-CIA agents who get pulled back into the spy business to locate an old colleague; McRaney plays their boss.

Kodjoe starred in the recent Broadway revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and is best known for his work in the television series Soul Food. Mbatha-Raw starred as Ophelia opposite Jude Law in the recent Broadway production of Hamlet. McRaney most recently appeared on Broadway in Dividing the Estate and has starred on such television series as Simon & Simon and Designing Women.