The series "centres around the largest heist ever attempted, the vengeance and betrayals that surround it," according to the synopsis provided by Netflix.
The story is loosely inspired by real-life events where $70 billion in bonds disappeared from New York during a hurricane in 2012.
Viewers have been looking forward to the participation of Rosaline Elbay, who is playing the crew’s explosives expert Judy Goodwin, since September 2021, when she was announced as a principle cast member.
Kaleidoscope is directed by Eric Garcia with Paz Vega and Peter Mark Kendall joining Elbay as leading cast members.
The first season includes eight episodes with the following seasons are yet to be announced by the producers.
Egyptian actress Rosaline Elbay was born in Cairo in 1990. She has lived in Egypt, the United Kingdom and the United States.
She studied at Oxford University and completed a master’s in colonial history, before joining the Actors Studio New York City where she obtained her MFA in acting from LAMDA.
Though Elbay's career as an actress began in UK theatre with a focus on Shakespeare, prior to that, at age 11, she performed in a production of The Sound of Music.
Elbay made her first significant entry into the movie industry when she starred in the 2018 films Diamond Dust and Fork & Knife, both of which premiered at the 2018 El-Gouna Film Festival.
She also appeared in the music video for Fakra by the well-known Egyptian band Massar Egbari.
Her other roles include Amani in the Hulu/A24 Films series Ramy (2019) and Sara in the MBC Masr show Qabeel, for which she received critical acclaim.
The Cairo International Film Festival appointed Elbay as its face for young filmmakers during its 40th and 41st editions.
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