The Girl Before (2021)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

A traumatized woman falls in love with an extraordinary minimalist house, which remains under the spell of the architect who originally designed it, but everything may not be as it seems.

• Released: 2021-12-19
• Genres: Drama, Mystery
• Seasons: 1, 4 episodes
• Episode length: 57m
• Network: BBC One
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 6.2/10 from 61 votes

Top cast

• Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Jane Cavendish
• David Oyelowo as Edward Monkford
• Jessica Kate Plummer as Emma Matthews
• Rakhee Thakrar as Mia
• Ben Hardy as Simon Wakefield
• Ian Conningham as DI James Clarke
• Kayla Meikle as DS Liz Willan
• Amanda Drew as Dr. Carol Younsen
• Daniela Pasquini as Amanda Cosway
• Mark Stanley as Saul Cosway

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Girl Before

• United States: stream on HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
• United Kingdom: stream on Sky Go; watch free on BBC iPlayer
• Canada: stream on Crave, Crave Amazon Channel
• Australia: stream on HBO Max, HBO Max Amazon Channel

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