The truth (about sex) is out there.
Anderson portrays Jean Milburn, a sex therapist who is the mother to awkward teenager Otis (Butterfield).
Along the way, Otis realizes he might just be in need of some therapy himself.
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Check them out below, alongside character descriptions for the core cast.
Blessed with the gift of intuitive sexual understanding, cursed with the inability to do anything about it.
His incredible breadth of knowledge about human sexuality is both his super-power and his kryptonite.
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Then Otis comes to the attention of Maeve, who changes his outlook on sex forever.
Jean Milburn (Gillian Anderson):Jean Milburn is funny, observant, and always larger than life.
She lives at home with her only son, Otis.
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Eric Nevin (Ncuti Gatwa):Eric is Otiss best friend, and they tell each other everything.
A motormouth who is comfortably gay and out of the closet, but notoriously lame.
At home, Eric has five sisters and strict, religious parents.
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His father has accepted that Eric is gay, but worries about the world Eric is growing up in.
Maeve Wiley (Emma Mackey):Maeve is the scary bad-girl in school.
Maeve doesnt know her dad, and her mum is an addict.
Jackson Monroe (Kedar Williams-Stirling):Jackson has never failed at anything in his life.
Hes popular, crazy-hot, and a future Olympic swimming champion.
He is the child of same-sex parents.
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He is under increasing pressure to give up his social life to maintain his burgeoning swimming career.
She is also secretly best friends with Maeve, but dont tell the Untouchables.
She is a people pleaser with a heart of gold, who just wants to get through school unscathed.
Adam Groff (Connor Swindells):Adam is the school bad-boy with a rage problem.
There is a rumour that Adam has a giant penis.
This is 100 percent true.
Sex Educationlaunches Jan. 11 on Netflix.
