, Sable,
I just took a look at Michelle Fairley's CV and it is quite impressive. And I
had seen her -- in Inspector Morse, Lovejoy, and Lark Rise to Candleford, just hadn't looked for a name in the credits.
Maybe this could be a good thing. Lighty is right that the character of Catelyn has to have STONES; this actress may be less of a "pretty face" than Jennifer Ehle and have more acting "chops".
At least it's not
or any other very young (and, really,
no longer qualifies for the term "young", either by looks or by chronology
) blond, as was the case with the last two Sharpes (maybe
had something to do with the casting change
). I wonder how SB feels about the change -- making his wife someone
older