House Of Cards Season 5 Review: 7 Ups & 3 Downs

2. Patricia Clarkson Is A Fantastic Addition

House of Cards Patricia Clarkson
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There are several new casting additions this season, though the one that absolutely stands head and shoulders above the rest is the brilliant Patricia Clarkson, who plays Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Jane Davis.

Davis is an extremely politics-savvy individual who shows up in the latter half of the season and, without spoiling what she gets up to, proves herself to be a fascinatingly mysterious, ambiguous character with an hilarious set of quirks to boot.

Clarkson knocks it out of the park as expected, bringing even more world-class acting talent to a show already bursting at the seams with it.

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