Reality collided with TV fiction when the US ambassador to the UK, Jane Hartley, came face to face with her on-screen counterpart, actress Keri Russell, over cocktails and canapĂŠs at her London residence, Winfield House.
And joining the dynamic duo (above) for the dazzling reception, hosted in honour of hit Netflix drama The Diplomat, was a star-studded line-up including the showâs cast, who mingled with real-life diplomats and politicians such as British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly.
Among the glamorous guests were British actor Rufus Sewell, who plays ambassador Kate Wylerâs charismatic husband Hal (together inset right); Ato Essandoh, who portrays the embassyâs deputy chief of mission, Stuart Hayford; Ali Ahn, the showâs CIA station chief Eidra Park; and David Gyasi, whose sexual chemistry with Kate as Foreign Secretary Austin DennisonâŚ