The Veil cast features Elisabeth Moss, Yumna Marwan and Dali Benssalah. This info article contains minor spoilers and cast/character summaries for Steven Knight’s 2024 FX on Hulu miniseries. Check out more streaming guides in Vague Visages’ Know the Cast category, and then browse complete soundtrack song listings in the Soundtracks of Cinema section.

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The Veil explores the relationship between two mysterious women. Imogen, an undercover British agent, searches for a female ISIS commander. The narrative follows the main protagonist as she travels with a woman who may be her target. Here’s every actor and character in The Veil.

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The Veil Cast: Elisabeth Moss as Imogen Salter

Character Profile: A British special agent. She works undercover for the DGSE. Imogen tries to figure out if a French mother is actually a notorious ISIS leader.

Moss’ Resume: Peggy Olson in Mad Men (2007-15), Sophie in The One I Love (2014), June Osborne in The Handmaid’s Tale (2017-), Kitty Tyler/Dahlia in Us (2019), Cecilia Kass in The Invisible Man (2020)

Read More at VV — Know the Cast & Characters: ‘The Patient’

The Veil Cast: Yumna Marwan as Adilah El Idrissi

Character Profile: A French woman who gets stuck in Syria. She is a Paris native and the granddaughter of a legendary communist revolutionary. Adilah is suspected of being an ISIS commander.

Marwan’s Resume: Maria in The Valley (2014), Cherifa in Little Birds (2020), Alia in Costa Brava, Lebanon (2021), Lauren in Inshallah a Boy (2023), Rima Homsi in The Strangers’ Case (2024)

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The Veil Cast: Dali Benssalah as Malik Amar

Character Profile: Imogen’s boyfriend. He is a French DGSE agent who searches for an ISIS commander. Malik asks Imogen to call off her investigation after receiving DNA test results involving Adilah.

Benssalah’s Resume: Fouad in Savages (2019), Samir in Street Flow (2019), Abel in My Brothers and I (2021), Primo in No Time to Die (2021), Abdel in Athena (2022)

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The Veil Cast: Josh Charles as Max Peterson

Character Profile: An American special agent. He arrives in Paris to work with the DGSE. Max tries to establish his American authority while investigating Adilah.

Charles’ Resume: Knox Overstreet in Dead Poets Society (1989), Dan Rydell in Sports Night (1998-2000), T.J. McCabe in S.W.A.T. (2003), Detective Fowler in Four Brothers (2005), Will Gardner in The Good Wife (2009-16)

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The Veil Cast: Thibault de Montalembert as Magritte

Character Profile: Malik’s boss. He is a DGSE agent who collaborates with Max. Magritte worries about internal scuffling.

De Montalembert’s Resume: Olivier Pujol in The Tunnel (2013-18), King Charles VI in The King (2019), General Ferdinand Foch in All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), Stephane Nelson in Heartstopper (2023), Comte de Vergennes in Franklin (2024)

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The Veil cast also includes:

• James Purefoy as Michael Althorp
• Dan Wyllie as Guy
• Joana Ribeiro as Sandrina
• Philipp Christopher as Tomas
• Kobna Holdbrook-Smith as Johnson
• Yoli Fuller as Philippe
• Nadia Larbiouene as Nour
• Aron von Andrian as Daan
• Keyla Bara as Yasmina
• Neyla Bara as Yasmina
• Phill Langhorne as Marcus Seabright
• Erin Ainsworth as Young Imogen
• Benjamin Hicquel as Hasad
• Alec Secareanu as Emir

Q.V. Hough (@QVHough) is Vague Visages’ founding editor.