HBO’s favorite vampy fairy may be returning to work on another sexy show, but this time as a mere human.
Former True Blood actress Anna Paquin is in talks to play the lead in Madame X, according to The Wrap.
The miniseries is adapted from Kate Manning’s period novel My Notorious Life, which is based on a true story from the Victorian era. The series follows Axie Muldoon (Paquin), a penniless daughter of immigrants who becomes a successful, yet controversial, midwife and abortionist in New York City.
Paquin, 32, and real-life hubby Stephen Moyer, 45, are reportedly working on the project together. The duo will executive produce the series through their production company CASM Films, alongside actor-comedian Jack Black, 45, according to Deadline.
The couple – who are parents to twins Charlie and Poppy – are no strangers to HBO. Paquin and Moyer shared a seven-year run on the network’s hit supernatural drama True Blood as the famous Sookie Stackhouse and Bill Compton.
This will mark Paquin’s first television role since the True Blood finale in August.