Who is in the cast of The Woods on Netflix?
THE Woods is the highly-anticipated new crime drama coming to Netflix in June.
Get ready for another gripping thriller from the author of Netflix’s hit series The Stranger.
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The new crime drama arrives on Netflix on 12 June, 2020[/caption]
Who is in the cast of The Woods on Netflix?
With over 70 million books in print worldwide, Harlan Coben is the #1 New York Times author of thirty-one novels including The Stranger, which was adapted into a popular Netflix show.
Coben and Netflix have collaborated again to bring us the psychological thriller The Woods.
The Woods is a Polish original series, starring an all Polish cast.
Here is the cast list for the highly-anticipated new show:
Grzegorz Damiecki
Grzegorz Damiecki was born in Warsaw, Poland, in November 1967.
In The Woods, Damiecki plays Paweł Kopiński, the man searching for his sister who went missing 25 years before.
Fans may recognise Damiecki as starring alongside Liam Neeson in Schindler’s List.
The 52-year-old actor is also known for starring in HBO’s The Border (Wataha) as Andrzej Halman.
Grzegorz Damiecki stars as Pawel, who’s sister disappeared 25 years ago[/caption]
Agnieszka Grochowska
Agnieszka Grochowska was born on December 31, 1979 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
Grochowska is best known for starring in Child 44 alongside Tom Hardy.
The 50-year-old is also known for playing Anna Czarnecka (Czarna) in the crime drama Motyw.
In The Woods, she plays Laura Goldsztajn.
Agnieszka Grochowska is best know for starring in Child 44 with Tom Hardy[/caption]
Jacek Koman
63-year-old Jacek Koman in an Australian-Polish actor.
He is best known for playing Koscik opposite Daniel Craig in the 2008 film Defiance.
Koman also had parts in Moulin Rogue! and The Great Gatsby.
Viewers will remember Koman from his roles in Moulin Rouge! and Defiance[/caption]
Hubert Milkowski
Milkowski is a Polish actor, and will be playing the part of young Pawel in the 1994 flashback scenes.
Hubert is known for playing Kazimierz Wunsche in Squadron 303 (2018)
He even appeared in an episode of Polish period dramaStulecie Winnych playing Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski.
Piotr Glowacki
Piotr Glowacki was born in Torun, Poland, in 1980.
He is best know for playing Albert Einstein in Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge, and Marian Zembala in Gods.
Glowacki is also known for starring in True Crimes alongside Jim Carrey.
Piotr played Albert Einstein in Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge[/caption]
Wiktoria Filus
Wiktoria Filus will star as young Laura in The Woods.
Filus is best known for her role as Maja in 2019 movie Nothing Is Lost.
She has also starred in Rodzinka.pl and The Hater.
Wiktoria Filus will play Laura[/caption]
Other cast members include:
- Wiktor Debski
- Pawel Gabor
- Marcin Lipski
- Elzbieta Nagel
- Przemyslaw Bluszcz
The show switches between 1994 and 2020[/caption]
What is The Woods about?
The Woods is based on Coben’s crime novel of the same name and follows Paweł Kopiński, whose sister went missing in the woods near her summer camp 25 years ago.
Paweł is still struggling with his loss, but when the body of a boy who had vanished with her is suddenly discovered, evidence emerges that she could still be alive.
Across the show’s six episodes, long-kept family secrets will be revealed and the truth could well tear Paweł’s life apart.
The show is set to be an intense psychological thriller, similar to Coben’s other Netflix adaptations The Stranger and Safe.
The show was shot on set in Poland[/caption]
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When can I watch The Woods?
The Woods will be available to stream worldwide on Netflix from Friday, 12 June, 2020.
The news came on 6 May, 2020, from Harlan Coban himself on Twitter:
Netflix released a full trailer for the new series on 12 May, 2020.
The trailer tells us that 25 years before, four kids went missing but only two bodies were found.