The series delves into the complicated life of a 25-year-old Jamaican-British woman Queenie who lives in South London.
When viewers meet the titular Queenie Jenkins (newcomer Dionne Brown), she finds herself caught between two cultures and unable to fit neatly into either. Plus, she's dealing with a messy breakup with her boyfriend and is looking for comfort in all the wrong places. Eventually, she begins to realize that she must face the past before she can rebuild it.
Queenie also stars Bellah in the role of Queenie's childhood friend Kyazike and Samuel Adewunmi plays Frank, Kyazike's older cousin and Queenie's intellectual equal.
The drama series can be viewed from Friday, June 7.
The series is based on the 2019 bestseller by Candice Carty-Williams, who created and produced the series. Carty-Williams is emerging as one of the UK's most sought-after new writers. Netflix last year hopped on board her BBC series Champion, which is described as "a love letter to black British music".
The eight-episode series is produced by Further South Productions in association with Lionsgate TV and will air exclusively on Hulu in the US, Channel 4 in the UK and Ireland, Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in all other countries.
Queenie is produced by Carty-Williams, who also serves as showrunner. Executive producers are Further South's Steve November and Sarah Conroy, with Lisa Walters as co-executive producer and series producer.
You can watch the trailer for Queenie below.
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