Ruth Langmore | Ozark
With a star-studded cast, it is no wonder that Ozark is such a big hit. But taking credit for being the only Emmy Award winner in the group is Julia Garner and she plays Ruth Langmore in the series. Starting out with supporting roles in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Garner has been a prolific actor with an active career in TV series that aired both on cable and in streaming sites. She soon landed more major roles in Waco, The Americans, Dirty John, and most popularly Maniac where she played Ellie Landsberg.
Kim | Lost Girls
The new Netflix original show Lost Girls is based on a novel by Robert Kolker and was aired only this year. Lola Kirke plays one of the characters Kim in the series. Before landing the role of Kim, Kirke appeared in Mozart in the Jungle as Hailey Rutledge. In the film industry, she also landed roles in American Made and Gone Girl. Her family also served as her insurance in the entertainment industry as they are big names themselves. Her father Simon Kirke is the drummer of Bad Company and her sister Jemima Kirke is also an actress who is most popular for playing the role of Jessa in Girls.
Sherre Gilbert | Lost Girls
Thomasin McKenzie is the actor who plays Sheree Gilbert, one of the daughters and partners of main character Mari in Lost Girls. Hailing from New Zealand, Mc Kenzie got her first big acting role when she was only 14 years old. She played Astrid in the third and final movie of The Hobbit trilogy, The Battle of the Five Armies. Because of her superb acting, she also received credit for her performance in Leave on Trace portraying the character Tom, the daughter of a man with PTSD. Likewise, she played equally notable roles as Queen Philippa of Denmark in The King and as Elsa in Jojo Rabbit.
Sandra | Marriage Story
For the movie alone, Netflix received six Academy Award nominations for Marriage Story. Julie Hagerty is one of the top-notch actors in the production. She plays Sandra, the mother of Nicole, who is played by Scarlett Johansson. Having made an investment of 40 years actively working in the film industry, Hagerty is still most famous for her earliest appearance on screen. Being the female lead Elaine in the 1980 movie Airplane! and its sequel Airplane II: The Sequel. After this, she made tons of appearances in TV series and movies including Lost in America, What About Bob?, Freddy Got Fingered, Black Monday, Noelle, and Family Guy.
Theodore Finch | All the Bright Places
With the hype of the new genre of teen drama featuring young love and unfortunate illnesses, All the Bright Places took credit for being the new The Fault in Our Stars. Justice Smith played Theodore Finch, the main character of the movie who was struggling with undiagnosed bipolar depression. Smith also nabbed an acting role in the film adaptation of Paper Towns, a novel also by John Green, the author of the famous The Fault in Our Stars. His other roles include appearances in The Get Down, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, and Detective Pikachu. The young actor is slowly building his career, indeed.
Kate | All the Bright Places
Alexandra Shipp is the actress that portrayed Kate, the older sister of the main character Finch. She took the role of becoming Finch’s parents in the movie. Shipp has been around since the ‘90s but in films with storylines revolving around the music industry. She was in Straight Outta Compton as Kimberly Woodruff, and in Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B as the titular character Aaliyah herself. Her credits include a slew of superhero movies. She starred as Storm in X-Men Apocalypse, Dark Phoenix, and Deadpool 2. Likewise, she portrayed the character of KT Rush in the Nickelodeon series House of Anubis.
Ricco | Dolemite is My Name
Ron Cephas Jones plays Ricco in Dolemite is My Name but did you know that he did not start out like any other actor? He wandered into the acting scene relatively late at almost 40 years old, taking on guest roles in shows involving criminals and lawyers. Starting out, he was seen in NYPD Blue, New York Undercover, and Law and Order. His more popular roles, however, have been more recent, including appearances on Mr. Robot, The Get Down, and Luke Cage. Jones has also won an Emmy Award in 2018 for his role as William Hill in This Is Us.
Zeke | Coffee and Kareem
The hilarious action-packed film Coffee and Kareem features Garfield Wilson as one of its actors. Wilson plays Zeke in the action-comedy movie. In his list of credits, Wilson always appears in storylines involving cops and government agents. He was seen on The Outer Limits, Jake 2.0, Dark Angel, Lucifer, The Detour, and Zoo. He was also in Arrow as Ripped, in The Man in the High Castle as Leon, and in Almost Human as a group of androids. Wilson is English-Canadian in nationality and has been a veteran character actor for a while now, as his impressive portfolio clearly shows.
French Canadian Terminator | Coffee and Kareem
In the action-comedy movie Coffee and Kareem, the main character meets “French Canadian Terminator” when he delves into the Detroit underworld to pursue his plans of getting rid of his mother’s boyfriend. Jesse Hutch is the actor that plays French Canadian Terminator in this movie. Hutch may not be French Canadian but is a good degree of Canadian as he was born in Alberta. As far as his acting career is concerned, he has appeared in Dark Angel, Tru Calling, Smallville, Once Upon a Time, Arrow, and Kyle XY. Hutch may be best known for portraying Jimmy Riley in American Dreams.
Nik | Extraction
Golshifteh Farahani is an Iranian actress that has been in the acting scene since her teenage years. She portrays Nik, the handler of Tyler, the main character in Extraction. Farahani was seen in Body of Lies in 2008 in her debut in Western films. In 2014, she was cast in Exodus: Gods and Kings where she played Nefertari, and in Rosewater where she played Maryam. She was also in The Upside as Maggie and in Pirate of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales as Shansa, the sea witch. There exists a degree of versatility that is clearly seen in the actress’s list of projects.