Creators:
Tony McNamaraComposer:
Nathan BarrCast:
Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult, Florence Keith-Roach, Sebastian De Souza, Sacha Dhawan, Phoebe Fox, Bayo Gbadamosi, Adam Godley, Douglas Hodge, Louis Hynes (more)VOD (3)
Seasons(3) / Episodes(30)
Plots(1)
From the Oscar-nominated writer of The Favourite, Tony McNamara, comes a genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th Century Russia. The Great is a satirical, comedic drama about the rise of Catherine the Great from outsider to the longest reigning female ruler in Russia's history. A fictionalized, fun and anachronistic story of an idealistic, romantic young girl, who arrives in Russia for an arranged marriage to the mercurial Emperor Peter. Hoping for love and sunshine, she finds instead a dangerous, depraved, backward world that she resolves to change. All she has to do is kill her husband, beat the church, baffle the military and get the court onside. A very modern story about the past which encompasses the many roles she played over her lifetime as lover, teacher, ruler, friend, and fighter. (HBO Europe)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Independent Spirit Awards
- 2021 - Elle Fanning (Best Female Performance in a Scripted Series)
AACTA International Awards
- 2022 - Best Comedy Series
- 2021 - Best Comedy Series
Golden Globes
- 2024 - Elle Fanning (Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy)
- 2022 - Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
- 2022 - Nicholas Hoult (Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy)
- 2022 - Elle Fanning (Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy)
- 2021 - Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
- 2021 - Nicholas Hoult (Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy)
- 2021 - Elle Fanning (Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy)
Critics Choice Awards
- 2022 - Best Comedy Series
- 2022 - Nicholas Hoult (Best Actor in a Comedy Series)
- 2022 - Elle Fanning (Best Actress in a Comedy Series)
- 2021 - Nicholas Hoult (Best Actor in a Comedy Series)