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Kerry Condon to star in Netflix series based on bestseller

Kerry Condon attends the 98th Oscars at Dolby Theatre on 15 March, 2026 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)
Kerry Condon - Starring in "a multi-generational drama series set in the Adirondacks, exploring the Van Laar family's dark secrets, class tensions, and the mysteries surrounding the disappearance of 13-year-old Barbara Van Laar"

Kerry Condon is to star opposite Maya Hawke in the Netflix series The God of the Woods.

US entertainment trade publication Deadline reports that the series is based on the Liz Moore bestseller of the same name.

It is "a multi-generational drama series set in the Adirondacks, exploring the Van Laar family's dark secrets, class tensions, and the mysteries surrounding the disappearance of 13-year-old Barbara Van Laar from her family's summer camp - in the wake of an earlier family tragedy that may be related".

"As the past and present collide, the Van Laars' wealth and influence unravel, revealing the damaging consequences of privilege and the abuse of power," Deadline adds.

Condon will play Alice Van Laar, "a character hardened by the grief of a past family tragedy and trapped in a contemptuous marriage, who is forced to face the unimaginable when her 13-year-old daughter goes missing".

Maya Hawke attends PaleyLive's Stranger Things - The Final Season Celebration at The Paley Museum on 18 December, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
Maya Hawke's character will investigate the disappearance that is at the centre of The God of the Woods

Hawke will play Judy Luptack, "the first female investigator in the male-dominated Bureau of Criminal Investigation, who is assigned to unravel the girl's disappearance".

Author Moore and Liz Hannah (The Girl from Plainville, Mindhunter) will be co-showrunners and executive producers of the series.

Condon, who recently starred in Netflix's Oscar-nominated Train Dreams, will next be seen opposite fellow Irish actor Andrew Scott in Pressure, which tells the story behind the D-Day landings.


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