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- Netflix’s thriller “You” returns for its fifth and final season on Thursday.
- The season five cast includes Anna Camp, who plays twin sisters Reagan and Maddie Lockwood.
- “The Handmaid’s Tale” actor Madeline Brewer plays Bronte, Joe Goldberg’s new love interest.
All eyes are on Joe Goldberg as he returns to New York City in the fifth and final season of “You.”
After marrying Kate Lockwood (Charlotte Ritchie) at the end of season four of the Netflix thriller series, Joe (Penn Badgley) is back in his hometown and enjoying his life as a doting husband in the public eye — until he’s tempted by an alluring stranger.
Ahead of the release of “You” season five on Thursday, here’s a rundown of who’s in the cast and where you might recognize them from.
Penn Badgley is back as Joe Goldberg.
The official trailer for season five of “You” hints at Joe once again struggling to stay loyal in his relationship and failing to suppress his dark side and murderous tendencies.
Before playing Joe, Badgley was widely known for starring as outsider Dan Humphrey in the CW series “Gossip Girl” and playing the endearing love interest to Emma Stone’s Olive Penderghast in the movie “Easy A.”
Charlotte Ritchie reprises her role as Kate Lockwood.
The final season follows Kate as she tries to do good as the CEO of the T.R. Lockwood Corporation, while also clashing with Joe over their differing beliefs on murder.
Aside from “You,” Ritchie is known for playing Alison Cooper in the show “Ghosts,” and appeared as Oregon in the 2010s series “Fresh Meat” on Channel 4 in the UK. Most recently, she costarred with Elizabeth Olsen in the sci-fi thriller “The Assessment.”
“The Handmaid’s Tale” star Madeline Brewer stars as Bronte, Joe’s new love interest.
Bronte is described as “an enigmatic and free-spirited playwright who comes to work at Joe Goldberg’s new bookstore.”
Brewer rose to fame through roles in the TV shows “Orange Is the New Black” and “Hemlock Grove.” In 2021, she earned an Emmy nomination for her supporting role as Janine in Hulu’s TV series adaptation of “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
“The Flight Attendant” actor Griffin Matthews joins season five as Teddy Lockwood, Joe’s brother-in-law.
Matthews played Shane Evans in “The Flight Attendant,” a two-season Max series starring Kaley Cuoco.
He’s also had roles in shows like “The Carrie Diaries,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Dear White People,” and “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.”
“Pitch Perfect” star Anna Camp pulls double duty as twin sisters Reagan and Maddie Lockwood.
Camp is perhaps best known for playing Aubrey, a controlling Barden Bellas member, in the “Pitch Perfect” films and cult leader Sarah Newlin in HBO’s “True Blood.” Most recently, she starred in the Peacock horror-comedy series “Hysteria!”
Pete Ploszek, who voiced Leonardo in the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” movies released in 2014 and 2016, plays Harrison.
Aside from “TMNT,” Ploszek guest-starred in a season five episode of “Parks and Recreation” and played “Teen Wolf” character Garrett Douglas, a teacher at Beacon Hills High School who also happened to be part wolf, part lion.
The actor also had a small role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Bret Johnson, a United States Air Force officer, in “Captain Marvel.”
“The Girls on the Bus” star Natasha Behnam portrays Dominique.
Behnam played a journalist named Lola Rahaii in the political drama series “The Girls on the Bus,” which costarred “Supergirl” actor Melissa Benoist.
She also played characters in “American Pie Presents: Girls’ Rules” and the “Sons of Anarchy” spinoff “Mayans M.C.”
The actor known as b plays a new character named Phoenix.
The nonbinary actor, who uses they/them pronouns, graduated from The Juilliard School in 2021.
They’ve since appeared in shows like “WeCrashed” and “Elsbeth.”
Tom Francis, who’s known for playing Joe Gillis in West End and Broadway productions of “Sunset Boulevard,” appears in season five as Clayton.
“You” marks Francis’ TV debut. The British actor and singer is primarily recognized for his theater work in plays like “Rent,” “Hair,” and “Sunset Boulevard.”
Nava Mau, an Emmy nominee for her performance in the Netflix series “Baby Reindeer,” plays Detective Marquez in “You.”
Mau starred as Teri in “Baby Reindeer.” Prior to that, the actor played Ana in the Max coming-of-age series “Generation.”
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