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Claire Danes Returning to Netflix to Lead New 'Lovesick' Series - Just Jared - Celebrity News and Gossip

The series is a straight-to-series order after a bidding war, with Claire Danes starring and Sarah Treem writing and executive producing.

  • Netflix won a competitive bidding war for the straight-to-series drama 'Lovesick,' starring Emmy winner Claire Danes and showrun by Sarah Treem.
  • The project is based on the 2024 Israeli series 'The Best Worst Thing,' produced by Universal Television and Keshet Studios with creators Rona Tamir, Tal Granit, and Sharon Maymon.
  • Danes will portray Annika, a renowned breast cancer surgeon who receives her own cancer diagnosis, navigating themes of love, death, and medicine.
  • Following her 2025 lead role in 'The Beast In Me,' Treem called the collaboration "an extraordinary opportunity" with Danes, describing the show as a sweeping romantic epic.
  • Although no release date is set, the title joins a Netflix library already featuring a Korean drama and a British comedy with the same name.
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Claire Danes to star in 'Lovesick' for Netflix

A headshot of Claire Danes. (Netflix) Claire Danes has found her next project with Netflix. She’ll star in the new drama Lovesick, which has received a straight-to-series order from the streaming service. The series follows Danes’ Annika, a breast cancer surgeon who unexpectedly deals with her own diagnosis. Her life becomes intertwined with a new patient, a promising politician named Nate. Lovesick was created, written and executive produced by…

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