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Dakota Fanning lands role in TV period thriller

Dakota Fanning lands role in TV period thriller
Dakota Fanning lands role in TV period thriller Dakota Fanning lands role in TV period thriller

Dakota Fanning is following many other Hollywood stars onto the small screen in a new drama.

The movie star, 22, has signed up for The Alienist, a series based on author Caleb Carr’s best-selling book.

Dakota Fanning (Joel Ryan/Invision/PA)

She will play a police secretary in the 1890s, who helps look into a string of murders in the Big Apple.

Luke Evans and Daniel Bruhl have also been cast in the psychological thriller.

It marks a change for Dakota, who has mainly stuck to the big screen during her career. Her last major TV role was in the Taken mini-series when she was just eight.

The Alienist is expected to air later this year.