Monday, July 22, 2024

Casting News - Maura Tierney Set as New Series Regular on 'Law & Order'; 'Countdown' Casts Violett Beane

Casting News - July 22, 2024

Amazon's Countdown and NBC's Law & Order.






NBC's LAW & ORDER
  • Maura Tierney has been cast as a new series regular on the drama's upcoming 24th season. She previously starred for five seasons in NBC's NewsRadio, ten seasons in NBC's ER, five seasons in Showtime's The Affair, and two seasons in Showtime/Amazon's American Rust.
  • She will play a new lieutenant. Her casting will fill the void caused by the departure of Camryn Manheim as Lieutenant Kate Dixon.
AMAZON's COUNTDOWN
  • Violett Beane, Uli Latukefu and Elliot Knight will co-star on the upcoming drama starring Jensen Ackles. Beane previously starred for two seasons in CBS' God Friended Me and recurred on The CW's The Flash. Latukefu starred for three seasons in NBC's Young Rock. Knight recurred on ABC's Once Upon a Time and Amazon's The Boys.
  • Beane will play Evan Shepherd, a tech-savvy recent graduate of the FBI academy who's eager to learn how to operate inside the task force.
  • Latukefu will play Lucas Finau, a veteran of the LAPD's Gangs and Narcotics division.
  • Knight will play Keyonte Bell, a third-generation FBI agent who is well-versed in terrorist threats.