Alias Grace

… (1993; television film 2007); and Alias Grace (1996), a fictionalized account of a real-life Canadian girl who was convicted of two murders in a sensationalist 1843 trial. A TV miniseries based on the latter work aired in 2017, written by Atwood and Sarah Polley. Atwood’s 2005 novel, The Penelopiad: The…

…an adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel. In 2021 he appeared in season four of the anthology horror TV series Slasher, cast as a wealthy patriarch who makes his children compete in brutal tests in order to win his inheritance. During this time Cronenberg also had a recurring role on Star…

…which was based on the novel by Margaret Atwood. She then codirected Hey Lady! (2020– ), a digital comedy series centring on a senior citizen who challenges societal norms and sometimes even the law; each episode was just five minutes long. In 2022 she earned praise for Women Talking, an…