The Girl Before: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Girl Before tells the story of Jane, who gets the chance to move into a beautiful, ultra-minimalist house designed by an enigmatic architect. There's just one catch: occupants have to abide by his list of exacting rules. Jane starts to feel the house changing her in unexpected ways, but when she makes the shocking discovery that her predecessor Emma died in the house, she's forced to confront unnerving similarities. As the two women's timelines interweave, Jane begins to question if her fate will be the same as the girl before…

Series details

• Title: The Girl Before
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2021-12-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 2021-12-19
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: BBC iPlayer
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 58 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.7/10
• TVMaze ID: 53876
• IMDb ID: tt5232622
• TVDB ID: 397765

Cast and credited roles

• Gugu Mbatha-Raw — Jane Cavendish
• David Oyelowo — Edward Monkford
• Jessica Plummer — Emma Matthews
• Ben Hardy — Simon Wakefield
• Rakhee Thakrar — Mia
• Mark Stanley — Saul
• Ian Conningham — DI Ray Clarke
• Amanda Drew — Carol

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-12-19; final listed air date 2021-12-19; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Girl Before on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.