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Gugu Mbatha-Raw Leads Cast of Sky’s Jamaica-Set Limited Thriller Series ‘Inheritance,’ Tackling Enduring Legacy of Colonialism

Gugu Mbatha-Raw will play an ambitious lawyer in 'Inheritance,' a Sky Original thriller exploring the enduring legacy of colonialism in Jamaica.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw(“Surface”) will star opposite Jonny Lee Miller (“Covenant”), Sheldon Shepherd (“Bob Marley: One Love”) and Bel Powley (“The Morning Show”) in “Inheritance,” a Sky Original thriller from Karla Crome (“Carnival Row”). Mbatha-Raw stars as Claudia, an ambitious young bi-racial lawyer who embarks on a journey to Jamaica to challenge an inheritance claim filed by an unknown local resident, Cudjoe East (Sheldon Shepherd), against Oliver Connaught (Jonny Lee-Miller), a wealthy white aristocrat. The series also stars Bel Powley as Charlotte, Nadean Rawlins (“Bob Marley: One Love” as Mercy, Sean Gilder (“Mary & George”) as Tom McKenzie, Olunike Adeliyi (“The Fire Inside”) as Patsy Dawkins, Richard Dillane (“The Crown”) as Eugene Desfrienes, Diveen Henry (“The Day of the Jackal”) as Flora, Jack Bandeira (“Happy Valley”) as Kenneth Connaught and Shantol Jackson (“Sprinter”) as Sarah.

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