Expats is a Prime Video drama that explores how the lives of three expats in Hong Kong intertwine after a terrible tragedy. The series is based on the bestseller The Expatriates by Janice Y. K. Lee and stars Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue and Ji-young Yoo as Americans Margaret, Hilary and Mercy, who are all trying to forge a new life abroad in the vibrant and tumultuous setting of 2014 Hong Kong. Then, a sudden traumatic event sees their lives intersect, with life-changing results.
As well as starring, Nicole Kidman is the executive producer for the series, while The Farewell’s Lulu Wang has brought the story to life as writer and director. Here’s everything you need to know about the six-part drama Expats…
Expats release date
Expats is a six-part series that premieres worldwide on Prime Video on Friday January 26 2024.
How to watch Expats: stream the Nicole Kidman drama online
Is there a trailer for Expats?
Yes a trailer for Expats has now been released by Amazon Prime Video to give you a flavour of the show. Take a look below...
What is the plot of Expats?
Expats focuses on privilege and investigates what happens when the line between victimhood and culpability becomes blurred. It focuses on three women making a life for themselves in Hong Kong. There’s Margaret (Nicole Kidman), a beautiful mother-of-three whose perfect life is blown apart by tragedy, Hilary (Sarayu Blue) a wealthy housewife who is desperate to conceive a baby, and Mercy (Ji-young Yoo), a young Korean American graduate who is trying to start her life anew. In the hothouse environment of their new home country, their lives collide in ways that will force them to rethink every aspect of their own privileged worlds.
Expats cast — Nicole Kidman as Margaret
In Expats, Nicole Kidman plays Margaret, a woman whose perfect life is blown apart.
"It’s original, great storytelling, which is very much centred on three women," Nicole has explained. "This is unusual television — far more cinematic and not linear."
* Nicole Kidman is the star of hit movies such as Days of Thunder, Moulin Rouge!, The Hours, Cold Mountain and Bombshell. She’s also starred in Eyes Wide Shut, Dead Calm, Days of Thunder, Australia, Paddington, Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers. She’s starred in the recent Paramount Plus series Speical Ops: Lioness.
Sarayu Blue as Hilary
Sarayu Blue stars as Hilary, who believes that having a baby will save her marriage. She’s previously starred in XO, Kitty, History of the World: Part II, Never Have I Ever and The Unicorn.
Ji-young Yoo as Mercy
Ji-young is Mercy, a graduate who feels cast adrift. She’s starred in Smoking Tigers, The Sky is Everywhere and Moxie.
Who else is starring in Expats?
Brian Tee (Chicago Med) is Margaret’s husband Clarke while Jack Huston (House of Gucci, Mr. Mercedes) is Hilary’s husband David. Tiana Gowen, Blessing Mokgohloa and Elizabeth Ng round out the cast.
Behind the scenes and more on Expats
Lulu Wang is creator, director and writer for Expats. Lulu is also executive produces the series with Daniele Melia for Local Time. Nicole Kidman serves as an executive producer for the series with Per Saari for Blossom Films (Rabbit Hole, Nine Perfect Strangers), along with Alice Bell (The Beautiful Lie, The Slap), who has been with the project since its inception. Theresa Park for Per Capita Productions (After Yang, Bones and All) and Stan Wlodkowski (The Old Guard) also serve as executive producers. Bell also serves as a writer with Wang, along with Vera Miao (Two Sentence Horror Stories), Gursimran Sandhu (Game of Thrones), and author Janice Y. K. Lee.
