The Americans

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Keri Russell Elizabeth Jennings

Elizabeth Jennings is many things: a mother of two bogged down in the minutia of everyday suburban life, a businesswoman who helps run a very successful travel agency, and an indefatigable Russian patriot posing as an American citizen, who works tirelessly to advance her nation’s agenda by any means necessary. But as she returns to work following a brush-pass with a bullet, Elizabeth’s confidence is waning – and, for the first time, she finds herself reckoning with what should come first: family or duty.

Keri Russell Elizabeth Jennings

Elizabeth Jennings is many things: a mother of two bogged down in the minutia of everyday suburban life, a businesswoman who helps run a very successful travel agency, and an indefatigable Russian patriot posing as an American citizen, who works tirelessly to advance her nation’s agenda by any means necessary.…
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Matthew Rhys Philip Jennings

Philip Jennings, father of two, is good at everything he does, be it arranging travel for a preferred corporate customer or kidnapping a KGB defector. But the biggest struggle for Philip, a Russian spy who’s fit into his decades-long role as an "All-American" a little too well, is trying to keep in mind what it truly is he’s fighting for.

Matthew Rhys Philip Jennings
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Philip Jennings, father of two, is good at everything he does, be it arranging travel for a preferred corporate customer or kidnapping a KGB defector. But the biggest struggle for Philip, a Russian spy who’s fit into his decades-long role as an "All-American" a little too well, is trying to…
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Annet Mahendru Nina

Nina, a high level KGB agent stationed at the Soviet Embassy in Washington, DC, is both Stan Beeman’s lover and his informant on the inner workings of the KGB Rezidentura. What Stan doesn’t know is that Nina’s relationship with him is now being managed by the KGB. After she discovered that Stan murdered her friend and co-worker, Vlad, Nina came clean to her superiors about her involvement with Stan. Nina is now recommitted to her country and has become an integral part of the KGB’s ability to stay one step ahead of the FBI.

Annet Mahendru Nina
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Nina, a high level KGB agent stationed at the Soviet Embassy in Washington, DC, is both Stan Beeman’s lover and his informant on the inner workings of the KGB Rezidentura. What Stan doesn’t know is that Nina’s relationship with him is now being managed by the KGB. After she discovered…
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Susan Misner Sandra Beeman

Sandra Beeman is the wife of FBI agent Stan Beeman, but despite her husband’s investigative prowess she often feels as if he’s unaware of what’s happening to their relationship. In her distress, she’s turned to new-age classes that promise her a chance to find herself.

Susan Misner Sandra Beeman

Sandra Beeman is the wife of FBI agent Stan Beeman, but despite her husband’s investigative prowess she often feels as if he’s unaware of what’s happening to their relationship. In her distress, she’s turned to new-age classes that promise her a chance to find herself.
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Alison Wright Martha

Alison Wright hails from Northern England and began performing as a child in regional theatre. Her first dramatic role was in Catherine Cookson’s The Fifteen Streets with Owen Teale at the Newcastle Theatre Royal. Alison studied Musical Theatre at Newcastle College for the Performing Arts and continued on to New York and the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute, winning a grant from the Tim Rice foundation. Favorite roles include Rita in Educating Rita and Rosie in Bye Bye Birdie.

Alison Wright Martha
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Alison Wright hails from Northern England and began performing as a child in regional theatre. Her first dramatic role was in Catherine Cookson’s The Fifteen Streets with Owen Teale at the Newcastle Theatre Royal. Alison studied Musical Theatre at Newcastle College for the Performing Arts and continued on to New…
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Holly Taylor Paige Jennings

Paige Jennings has typical teenage angst and concerns: boys, school, and parents who just don’t understand. She finds her mother’s behavior, actions and explanations of the past few months strange and suspicious, so she makes it her mission to find out what’s really going on – and in so doing discovers something in herself that she never expected.

Holly Taylor Paige Jennings
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Paige Jennings has typical teenage angst and concerns: boys, school, and parents who just don’t understand. She finds her mother’s behavior, actions and explanations of the past few months strange and suspicious, so she makes it her mission to find out what’s really going on – and in so doing…
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Keidrich Sellati Henry Jennings

The youngest of Philip and Elizabeth’s children, Henry Jennings takes after his father and is an all-American boy. He’s growing up in the suburbs, plays ice hockey, likes astronauts, and loves video games – and he has no idea that his parents are spying on the country he was born in and loves.

Keidrich Sellati Henry Jennings

The youngest of Philip and Elizabeth’s children, Henry Jennings takes after his father and is an all-American boy. He’s growing up in the suburbs, plays ice hockey, likes astronauts, and loves video games – and he has no idea that his parents are spying on the country he was born…
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Noah Emmerich Stan Beeman

Agent Stan Beeman is a new member of the FBI’s Counter-Intelligence division, which fights against foreign agents on U.S. soil, including the elite KGB Directorate S illegals, Russian spies posing as Americans. It’s a high pressure job that puts considerable strain on his marriage. Stan, fighting wars at work and at home, strikes up a friendship with his new neighbor, Philip Jennings – who, unbeknownst to him, is the very thing that he is hunting.

Noah Emmerich Stan Beeman
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Agent Stan Beeman is a new member of the FBI’s Counter-Intelligence division, which fights against foreign agents on U.S. soil, including the elite KGB Directorate S illegals, Russian spies posing as Americans. It’s a high pressure job that puts considerable strain on his marriage. Stan, fighting wars at work and…
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Show Synopsis

The Americans is a period drama about the complex marriage of two KGB spies posing as Americans in suburban Washington D.C. during the Reagan administration. The arranged marriage of Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell) grows more passionate and genuine by the day, but as the pressures and demands of the job grow heavier, the personal toll becomes almost too exhausting to bear. Having revealed their true identities to their teenage daughter Paige (Holly Taylor), Philip and Elizabeth’s ability to protect their cover and their family’s safety has become even more tenuous. Even as Paige pushes her parents to bring her deeper into their confidence, Philip and Elizabeth struggle to maintain normalcy in their family, especially around their son, Henry (Keidrich Sellati). Paige’s budding romance with Matthew, the son of their neighbor, FBI Agent Stan Beeman (Noah Emmerich), further complicates matters since Stan – Philip’s best friend – remains the greatest threat to the Jennings’ safety. He and his partner, Agent Dennis Aderholt (Brandon J. Dirden) are on the task force that seeks to uncover the Soviet Illegals living among them. After Stan’s KGB lover/asset Nina was sent back to Moscow and executed for treason, he cultivated a relationship with KGB officer Oleg Burov (Costa Ronin), who, torn between duty and conscience, shared top Soviet secret intel with Stan that allowed the FBI to avert a potentially catastrophic loss of life. Disillusioned with the KGB, Oleg returned home to Russia, but he is finding it harder to escape his past transgressions than he had hoped. As the Cold War rages on, paranoia on both sides reaches new heights, making Philip and Elizabeth’s work increasingly vital – and eminently more perilous.