From Game of Thrones to Sherlock, This Is Why The Widow Cast Looks So Familiar

Game of Thrones fans will know Charles Dance as Tywin Lannister, but he's had a long career, from Hang Ups, The Little Drummer Girl, and The Woman in White on the small screen to Dracula Untold, Gosford Park, and The Imitation Game on the big screen. It's not the first time Dance has costarred with Kate Beckinsale, either, as the pair appeared in vampire franchise Underworld together.

Sherlock fans will recognise Louise Brealey, who stars as forensic pathologist Molly Hooper in the BBC show alongside Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. She's also starred in Back, Clique, Ripper Street, and A Discovery of Witches, which she has in common with one of her The Widow castmates — keep reading find out who.

You might recognise Babs Olusanmokun from the Black Mirror episode "Black Museum", in which he played Clayton. He's also been in The Defenders, Roots, and Sneaky Pete.

British actor Howard Charles's most high-profile role was as Porthos in the BBC's 2014 adaptation of The Musketeers.

Anyone who watched ER back in the day will recognise English actress Alex Kingston as Dr. Elizabeth Corday from the medical drama. In the '90s, she also starred in the British miniseries The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders.

More recently, she's best known for playing River Song in Doctor Who, as well as her appearances in Lost in Austen and Arrow. She starred alongside her The Widow castmate Louise Brealey in A Discovery of Witches, too.

You might recognise Jacky Ido as film projectionist Marcel in Quentin Tarantino's 2009 movie Inglourious Basterds. He's also starred on TV in the US legal thriller The Catch.

Australian actor Matthew Le Nevez is best known for his roles in Australian shows Offspring, Love Child, and The Kettering Incident, which aired on Sky Atlantic in the UK.

French actress Mathilde Warnier is best known for starring in the French series Au service de la France.

There are various Hollywood movies you may have seen Kate Beckinsale in, from action films Contraband, Total Recall, Van Helsing, and Whiteout to Click, Pearl Harbour, and The Aviator — plus, of course, the Underworld film franchise alongside Charles Dance.