Alexandra Burke has scored a role in a new television show 16 years after winning The X Factor.
The singer, 35, has joined the cast of new Paramount+ drama Curfew, it was announced on Tuesday.
Bancroft star Sarah Parish and Doctor Who’s Mandip Gill will lead the six-part crime thriller.
The programme will be set in a world where men must adhere to a strict curfew of 7pm to 7am each night.
They will be tracked 24 hours a day using ankle tags as part of the ‘Women’s Safety Act’.
Alexandra Burke has scored a role in a new television show 16 years after winning The X Factor (pictured in December last year)
Alexandra won the fifth series of The X Factor in December 2008 (pictured performing during the final of the series)
A synopsis reads: ‘When a woman’s body is discovered, brutally murdered during curfew hours and left on the steps of the Women’s Safety Centre, veteran police officer Pamela Green believes that a man is responsible.
‘But in a world where men are bound by the curfew system, her theory is rejected.’
Sarah will play the part of Pamela, who. could put the Women’s Safety Act in jeopardy as part of her hunt for the truth, with her actions attracting the attention of some very powerful people.
Mandeep will play Sarah, an employee at the tagging centre where the body is found.
Pop star Alexandra will portray Helen, a ‘well-intentioned local school teacher and advocator for the curfew’.
Mayflies star Mitchell Robertson will also appear, playing policeman Eddie.
The programme was commissioned by Sebastian Cardwell, deputy chief content officer, UK, and Paul Testar for Paramount+.
He said: ‘Curfew is a gripping addition to our UK originals slate for Paramount+.
Bancroft star Sarah Parish and Doctor Who’s Mandip Gill will lead the six-part crime thriller (Sarah pictured in 2017)
The programme will be set in a world where men must adhere to a strict curfew of 7pm to 7am each night (Madeep Gill pictured in 2018)
Mayflies star Mitchell Robertson will also appear, playing policeman Eddie (pictured in 2015)
‘We are excited to be collaborating with the team at Vertigo Films and a brilliant cast to bring this propulsive thriller to life.’
It comes after Alexandra broke down in tears as she revealed the immense guilt she felt when she returned to work just two months after giving birth to her first child.
She took minimal maternity leave in order to re-join the touring production of Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat in 2022.
Alexandra, who welcomed her second child with her footballer boyfriend Darren Randolph, 36, in September last year, cried as she revealed a time when she pleaded with bosses to delay the start of a show because her baby was distressed and needed feeding.
The singer said on the Dirty Mother Pukka podcast: ‘There were times when I was about to go on stage, and I can’t remember what venue I was in, and my first born was crying and they’re like “curtain needs to go up” and I was like “I need to feed the baby”. I said “Hold the show”.
‘The pressure I had and felt to get my a**e on that stage. I said “You may (as) well just let me feed the baby because I’m crying on stage”, and you couldn’t open the show because I was standing there crying.
‘And as much as everyone was like “the baby will be fine, it will be fine”. But I’m their mum and I felt such guilt, and I still hold that guilt.
It comes after Alexandra broke down in tears as she revealed the immense guilt she felt when she returned to work just two months after giving birth to her first child
Alexandra cried as she revealed a time when she pleaded with bosses to delay the start of a show because her baby was distressed and needed feeding
‘It’s not like even the baby remembers, but I won’t forget that.’
Alexandra said it was a huge learning curve for her and she will ‘never allow myself to walk away from my child ever again’.
‘I also have to say whilst I felt that pressure, and that moment stays with me, I did of course sign up to do that show and the curtain does go up at 7.30pm every single night and I’m very much aware of that,’ she said.
‘There are thousands of people in the audience waiting for the show to start so I don’t blame anyone for that situation. At the same time it still makes me feel emotional.’
