Kate Winslet to Star in HBO Series "The Palace"

Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet will star in and executive produce the HBO limited series "The Palace".

The limited drama, which has been ordered to series by the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned network, tells the story of one year within the walls of the palace of an authoritarian regime as it begins to unravel.

"The Palace" comes from Succession duo Will Tracy and Frank Rich and The Queen director Stephen Frears.

Tracy will serve as showrunner, writer, and exec producer. Frears, who has recently directed series such as BBC/Amazon co-pro A Very English Scandal and ITV/Sundance co-pro Quiz, will also direct and exec produce.

Frank Rich, who has been a longtime creative consultant for HBO and is an exec producer on Succession and Veep, will also exec produce.

"The Palace" will include a writing team of Seth Reiss, a writer on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Juli Weiner, who has written on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Jen Spyra, a writer on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Gary Shteyngart, who has written for The New Yorker and is the author of The Russian Debutante’s Handbook and Sarah DeLappe, who wrote the screenplay for Pete Davidson horror movie "Bodies Bodies Bodies".

The project witnesses the first collaboration between the two Brits – Winslet and Frears –  and marks the actress' fourth limited series with HBO.

She starred in "Mare of Easttown", which earned her the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie and the network is also developing "Trust", based on Hernan Diaz’s novel, for her to star in and exec produce. She also starred in 2011’s "Mildred Pierce".

Winslet is about to start filming "Lee", the true-life story of famed photographer Lee Miller, in which she stars and is producing.