Amazon's Lord of the Rings TV series has finally added its first cast member, as Markella Kavenagh will make the trip to Middle Earth as a character named Tyra.
As far as we know (and there was an extensive Google search), J.R.R. Tolkien's sprawling series of fantasy novels don't feature anyone of that name, so this is either a brand new character or "Tyra" is a placeholder to obscure her real identity.
We still don't know a whole lot about this show, but it is expected to be a prequel of sorts to the original trilogy, set during The Second Age.
Kavenagh is an up-and-coming actress who has appeared in Amazon's Picnic at Hanging Rock, the Romper Stomper prequel series and The Cry.
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