Shows where someone SUCCESSFULLY maintained an assumed accent for at least one season with regular appearances
- Xena: Warrior Princess Lucy Lawless’ generic American accent.
- Pushing Daisies: English actress Anna Friel assumed a Midwestern American accent as Chuck, one of the series’ main characters, for two seasons.
- Road to Avonlea English-Canadian actor Ian D. Clark maintained a convincing Scottish accent for the whole series as hotel owner Simon Tremayne.
- House, English actor Hugh Laurie sustains an American accent for the entire series as Dr. House
- The Mentalist: Australian actor Simon Baker sustained an American accent for seven seasons
- The Walking Dead: Andrew Lincoln played American from Kentucky Rick Grimes for many seasons
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: James Marsters, who played Spike, maintains a convincing English accent throughout the show’s run. I had no notion he wasn’t English until I saw an interview
- The Wire - Both Dominic West and Idris Elba are English, and I had no idea until I saw the actors in interviews
- Ghosts - Rose McIver, plays Samantha, is from New Zealand. I remembered her from the show iZombie, but was shocked to hear her speak in an interview
- Gillian Anderson - Spoke American on The X-Files and British on The Crown with equal skill
For more: Brits: How is Gillian Anderson's British accent?
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