Michelle Monaghan is set to play double lead roles in Netflix’s Echoes, a psychological thriller restricted series about indistinguishable twins from 13 Reasons Why writer/executive producer/showrunner Brian Yorkey, Quinton Peeples (Runaways) and Australian writer-producer Vanessa Gazy (Eden).
Made and composed by Gazy, Echoes is a mystery thriller about indistinguishable twins Leni and Gina, both depicted by Monaghan, who share a risky mystery. Since they were children, Leni and Gina subtly have traded lives, culminating in a double life as grown-ups: They share two homes, two husbands and a kid, yet everything in their perfectly choreographed world is tossed into confusion when one of the sisters disappears.
Born indistinguishable twins, every sister is one of a kind; Leni is the sister that is content to remain at home, wed her childhood sweetheart, bring up her daughter and assist with running the wonderful horse farm where everybody lives respectively established in their long shared history. Gina is the insubordinate sister that betrayed all that and ran away to Los Angeles where she rose to speedy acclaim expounding on a hazier undertow that informed her Southern childhood.
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Yorkey will serve as executive producer and co-showrunner on the psychological thriller, the first project greenlit as part of his multi-year overall deal with the streamer for series and different projects.
Gazy additionally will executive produce, with Peeples serving as executive producer/co-showrunner close by Yorkey. The series likewise hails from executive producers Imogen Banks (The Beautiful Lie) and Endemol Shine Banks Australia.
On TV, Monaghan featured in Netflix’ geo-political thriller Messiah as well as Hulu’s drama series The Path, close by Aaron Paul and Hugh Dancy. Preceding that, she co-featured in the HBO dramatization True Detective opposite Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, for which she was designated for a Golden Globe for her role.
On the film side, Monaghan is set to co-star opposite Anna Diop in the Stay Gold Features And Topic Studios Pic Nanny. She was most recently seen in Zoe Lister-Jones’ The Craft, the Blumhouse reboot of the 1996 feature, as well as Christine Jeffs’ Every Breath You Take, featuring opposite Casey Affleck and Sam Claflin. She recently wrapped production on Brad Anderson’s Blood.
Monaghan is repped by ICM Partners, Anonymous Content and lawyer Robert Offer.