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Jodie Whittaker To Star As Hotshot Media Lawyer In ITV Drama ‘In Contempt’

Deadline · September 16, 2026 at 4:30 AM

Jodie Whittaker To Star As Hotshot Media Lawyer In ITV Drama ‘In Contempt’

EXCLUSIVE: Jodie Whittaker’s next starring role will be a hotshot media lawyer in ITV drama In Contempt.

Ahead of her role in Hulu pilot Chicks and a part in the London-set Only Murders in the Building Season 6, Whittaker will star in the “high-stakes” legal drama as barrister Olivia Savareid.

The character’s top-drawer advocacy skills […]

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Jodie Whittaker To Star As Hotshot Media Lawyer In ITV Drama ‘In Contempt’

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