Secrets We Keep Netflix: Cast, Trailer, and Plot of the Series

When a young au pair vanishes in an upper-class Copenhagen suburb, one woman is determined to find out who’s responsible — even if her search implicates her closest friends and loved ones. The Danish drama Secrets We Keep follows a wealthy family as they deal with the fallout from a missing persons case involving their obscenely rich neighbors. Starring Marie Bach Hansen, Simon Sears, and Lars Ranthe, the thriller was created by Ingeborg Topsøe (Wildland, Hanna), directed by Per Fly (Borgen), and written by Ina Bruhn (Darkness: Those Who Kill) and Mads Tafdrup (Speak No Evil).

When will Secrets We Keep be released?

Stream it now.

Where can I find the trailer for Secrets We Keep?

Check it out at the top of this page.

In an image from the series ‘Secrets We Keep,’ Danica Curcic as Katarina holds flowers while walking down a church aisle as a large group of women dressed in black congregate behind her.

Who’s in the cast of Secrets We Keep?

Marie Bach Hansen (The Legacy) as Cecilie
Simon Sears (Shadow and Bone) as Mike, Cecilie’s husband
Lars Ranthe (Another Round) as Rasmus, Cecilie’s neighbor
Danica Curcic (The Chestnut Man) as Katarina, Rasmus’ wife and Cecilie’s friend
Excel Busano as Angel, Cecilie and Mike’s au pair
Frode Bilde Rønsholt as Oscar, Rasmus and Katarina’s son
Lukas Zuperka as Viggo, Cecilie and Mike’s teen son
Sara Fanta Traore (The Nurse) as Aicha, a police officer
Donna Levkovski as Ruby, Cecilie and Mike’s au pair

Marie Bach Hansen as Cecilie sits in a gymnasium among a circle of empty chairs in an image from the series ‘Secrets We Keep.’

What happens in Secrets We Keep?

In one of the most affluent neighborhoods outside of Copenhagen, just about every family has an au pair from the Philippines. Cecilie (Bach Hansen) and her husband Mike are no exception: Their beloved au pair, Angel (Busano), does just about everything around the house, even helping their preteen son get to sleep each night. Cecilie and Mike’s friends and next-door neighbors Rasmus (Ranthe) and Katarina (Curcic) employ an au pair, too — a close friend of Angel’s named Ruby (Levkovski). But one morning, Ruby disappears without a trace. After questioning Rasmus and Katarina about Ruby’s whereabouts, Cecilie grows concerned that they may have had a hand in whatever happened to her. As Cecilie delves deeper into the mystery, she begins to suspect that there may be more people from her inner circle involved than she wants to believe.

Lukas Zuperka as Viggo looks intensely at Frode Bilde Rønsholt as Oscar in an image from the series ‘Secrets We Keep.’

Is Secrets We Keep based on a true story?

No, though it does revolve around Denmark’s au pair culture. The majority of the country’s au pairs are from the Philippines, like in the series.

Where does Secrets We Keep take place?

It takes place in Copenhagen and a nearby suburb.

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