Mitford Sisters Drama ‘Outrageous’ Casts Bessie Carter as Nancy, Joanna Vanderham as Diana
variety.comK.J. Yossman Upcoming period drama “Outrageous” has found its Mitford Sisters. The six upper-class Mitford sisters — Nancy, Diana, Unity, Jessica, Deborah, Pamela — were the Kardashians of the 1930s, when they both dazzled and scandalized English society.
Nancy was a writer who wrote novels including “The Pursuit of Love” while Diana and Unity were fascists who were close to Hitler.
Jessica was a communist, Pamela lived out the latter half of her life with a woman and Deborah became a duchess after marriage.
Bessie Carter (“Bridgerton”) will play Nancy, Joanna Vanderham will portray Diana, Shannon Watson (“The Jetty”) will play Unity, Zoe Brough (Casualty) will play Jessica, Orla Hill (Stonehouse”) plays Deborah and Isobel Jesper Jones (“The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”) joins as Pamela.
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