Dirty Sexy Money - Meet the characters

Following its phenomenal success in the States, Dirty Sexy Money starts on Channel 4 on 21st March 2008. The wealthy Darlings of New York City are always mixed up with the wrong people; freeloading spouses, illegal immigrants and transvestite hookers. It will take a miracle to keep this Kennedy-esque clan out of the tabloids - and out of jail. That miracle comes in the form idealistic attorney Nick George (Peter Krause, Six Feet Under).

Meet the characters of Dirty Sexy Money...

Nick George
(Peter Krause)
This pensive, civic-minded NYC lawyer grew up in a troubled household - his mother left when Nick was seven - and as a child he often came in second to his father's employer, the obscenely wealthy Darling family. Though he vowed never to follow in his father's footsteps, upon his father's sudden death, Nick finds himself agreeing to represent the Darlings as their chief council. He soon learns the job requires him to be an all-around problem fixer, hand-holder, therapist, public relations expert and personal assistant. Making matters worse, Nick discovers that his father and the Darling matriarch, Letitia, were having a decades-long affair, and that his father's death may have involved foul-play.

Tripp Darling
(Donald Sutherland)
He's the Darling family patriarch, a powerful, persuasive man who has vineyards and homes around the world, including the Upper East Side. He's spawned five grown, troubled children with his wife Letitia. While Tripp and his family embody the charm and all-Americanism of the Kennedys and the Rockefellers, they also embody the scandal. Rumour has it Tripp was nearly implicated in at least three murders. When Nick's father Dutch dies under mysterious circumstances, Tripp tries to hire Bill Clinton as the family's lawyer - but he eventually persuades Nick to take the job.

Letitia Darling
(Jill Clayburgh)
Beautiful, graceful and posh (think Jackie Kennedy) she is the Darling family matriarch who is friends with the Vanderbilts and knows everyone in Manhattan. She is devastated by Dutch's death, more so than perhaps is warranted by an employer/employee relationship. According to Karen, Letitia and Dutch were involved in a forty-year affair.

Patrick Darling
(William Baldwin)
Handsome and commanding, Patrick is a rising politician with the perfect wife and two polished kids. He intends to run for the Senate in 2008 - as long as Nick can quietly pay off the transsexual with whom Patrick's been having an affair.

Karen Darling
(Natalie Zea)
Elegant, sexy and stunning, she's the eldest daughter in the Darling family, a thrice-married socialite who runs the family foundation. She lost her virginity to Nick and isn't shy about sharing that fact with her current fiancé, Freddy. A self-described loser-in-love, she looks to Nick for help in her personal life, and it seems their unresolved feelings for each other may cause a wrinkle in Nick's marriage to Lisa.

Brian Darling
(Glenn Fitzgerald)
A reverend with the Episcopal church, Brian Darling is a pale, sour, whiny jerk who loathed Nick as a kid and still loathes him. Brian believes Nick's father spent his entire life trying to insinuate himself into a family to which he didn't belong, and he now fears that Nick will follow the same path. But Brian has family issues of his own. For starters, there's the illegitimate son with whom he's just been saddled. And the only person he can turn to for help is Nick.

Juliet Darling
(Samaire Armstrong)
A celebutante with a soul, she's a petulant, spoiled girl in her 20s who longs to be taken seriously as an actress. She is devastated to learn she only got the role in the play Wait Until Dark because her father, Tripp Darling, was bankrolling the production. Though she adores her family, she simply can't wait to be on her own so she can prove to the world she's more than just a Darling.

Jeremy Darling
(Seth Gabel)
The youngest Darling sibling along with his twin sister Juliet, Jeremy is a wastrel in his 20s. He is frequently seen in rumpled clothing, hung over, and pleading with Nick to get him out of a jam. For instance, during a poker game at Ethan Hawke's house, Jeremy wins a yacht filled with illegal immigrants and is later arrested for human trafficking. He's completely oblivious to the concept of relative suffering and unable to conceive of a life worse than his, despite his obscene wealth. He fears that he's his father's biggest disappointment.

Lisa George
(Zoe McLellan)
Nick's wife, and mother of their 7 year-old daughter, Kiki, Lisa works as a curator at a SoHo art gallery. She's not a fan of the Darling family, and when Nick takes the job she has reservations. As she gradually gets sucked into the world of money and excess, she starts to enjoy the fruits of her husband's labour. However, she also senses that Nick is drifting away from her, specifically in the direction of the alluring Karen Darling.

Simon Elder
(Blair Underwood)
Simon Elder, the longtime nemesis to Tripp Darling, is a fantastically wealthy, powerful and mysterious figure who could know more about or even be involved in the death of Nick's father.