Meghann Fahy is fast becoming the patron saint of the super-rich satire. First she played enigmatic trophy wife Daphne in The White Lotus, eventually becoming the stealth heroine of the show’s Sicilian second season. Then she cropped up in The Perfect Couple, the soapy Netflix murder mystery that took place on a staggeringly beautiful Cape Cod estate. Now she’s taking the lead in Sirens, another Netflix show set in the world of the 0.01 per cent, where the gorgeous ocean vistas can’t quite offset the lingering sense of unease.
Sirens is based on a play written by Molly Smith Metzler, who is the showrunner behind the 2021 mega-hit Maid. Here, Fahy’s character Devon isn’t a glossy socialite but a bemused outsider and fully fledged hot mess; it’s a role that allows her to show off her White Lotus comic timing, while grappling with emotional depths far deeper than anything The Perfect Couple offered her.
