With Vikings nearing its end, Katheryn Winnick is lining up her next gig. The actress has landed the lead role opposite Ryan Phillippe on ABC’s drama, The Big Sky. The show earned a big straight-to-series order at the network and looks to be one a top priority for the upcoming fall season due to David E. Kelley’s involvement.
The Big Sky is based on “The Highway”, the first book in C.J. Box’s Cassie Dewell series of novels. In the procedural thriller, private detective Cassie Dewell partners with ex-cop Jenny Hoyt (Winnick) on a search for two sisters who have been kidnapped by a truck driver on a remote highway in Montana. When they discover that these are not the only girls who have disappeared in the area, they must race against the clock to stop the killer before another woman is taken.
In addition to Phillippe, Winnick joins previously cast John Carroll Lynch and Dedee Pfeiffer. Winnick is best known for her starring role as Lagertha in Vikings, which is halfway through airing its sixth and final season on History. The actress can next be seen in Sean Penn’s Flag Day where she stars alongside Penn, Josh Brolin and Miles Teller.
