Zuleikha Robinson joins Lost
Zuleikha Robinson…kinda hard to pronounce her name, doesn’t it? But better get used to saying or hearing her name. Because she’s going to be a potential regular on Lost, according to this scoop from EW…
She is going to play a “European female who possesses great intelligence, but who’s also dangerous” named Illana and is probably going to the girl Sayid falls in love with.
I have seen Zuleikha in HBO’s Rome and she played a temptress…quite effectively, in fact. I had a strong dislike for her in that role.
She was also in the canceled series, New Amsterdam.
The news from EW:
Couple things: Before you ask, it’s pronounced Zoo-Lika. And she’s done stuff. Some high profile stuff. Like Fox’s short-lived New Amsterdam, where she played Nikolaj Coster-Waldau’s partner in crime. Prior to that, the London-born actress slaved away as Gaia on HBO’s Rome and, in her first big break, had a regular gig on another ill-fated Fox drama, the X-Files spinoff The Lone Gunmen.
Robinson’s Lost deal calls for her to start off as a recurring player with an option to become a series regular in season 6 (a.k.a. the farewell season).
As I first reported last month, Ilana is described as a European female who possesses great intelligence, but who’s also dangerous as all get out. She’s alluring and apparently used to getting her own way.
At the time, EW’s Doc Jensen mused that she Illana “sounds exactly like the kind of lethal lady Sayid would fall for. So I’m wondering if the dashing Iraqi is due for a new love interest, yet another lady whose true motivations will be in question.”
September 4th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
I looooved her as Gaia in Rome, she was glorious. I am so excited about this casting.
- Izi
September 7th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
[...] now be able to watch at least one of the show’s starts on the upcoming season of LOST. Zuleikha Robinson will play Illana, possibly a love interest for one of the main characters. Also checkout this interview with LOST [...]
September 11th, 2008 at 7:41 am
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September 19th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
[...] you’ll now be able to watch at least one of the show’s starts on the upcoming season of LOST. Zuleikha Robinson will play Illana, possibly a love interest for one of the main characters. Also checkout this interview with LOST [...]
September 25th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
[...] you’ll now be able to watch at least one of the show’s starts on the upcoming season of LOST. Zuleikha Robinson will play Illana, possibly a love interest for one of the main characters. Also checkout this interview with LOST [...]