Casting News - September 8, 2025
NBC's Chicago Fire & Happy's Place; Prime Video's Sterling Point; and Showtime's The Agency.
NBC's Chicago Fire & Happy's Place; Prime Video's Sterling Point; and Showtime's The Agency.
NBC's HAPPY'S PLACE
- The comedy's upcoming second season will stage a Taxi reunion, with Christopher Lloyd and Carol set to guest star in the same episode. Saturday Night Live alum Cheri Oteri will also appear in a separate episode.
- Lloyd will play Clive, a gentleman who has lost his phone at Happy's Place and comes back to retrieve it.
- Kane will play Theresa, a free-spirited woman in pursuit of justice, excitement, and her husband, Clive.
- Oteri will play Monica, a no-nonsense health inspector newly appointed to Happy's Place. She takes her job incredibly seriously and doesn't cut any corners when it comes to cleanliness.
SHOWTIME's THE AGENCY
- Amir El-Masry has been cast in a recurring role on the drama's upcoming second season. He previously starred in the first season of HBO's Industry, in the Netflix limited series The One, and in the second season of BBC One's Vigil.
- He will play Saeed, an intelligence officer from the United Arab Emirates.
PRIME VIDEO's STERLING POINT
- Missi Pyle, Nikko Angelo Hinayo, Mabel Strachan and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers have landed recurring roles on the upcoming drama Ella Rubin. Pyle previously recurred on USA's Dirty John and FX's Y: The Last Man. Hinayo starred in Hulu's one-season comedy Davey & Jonesie's Locker. Strachan appears in Netflix's upcoming drama The Undertow starring Jamie Dornan and Mackenzie Davis. Tailfeathers appears in Netflix's upcoming drama The Abandons starring Lena Headey and Gillian Anderson.
- Pyle will play Denise Ballantine. Hinayo will play Sully. Strachan will play Maple. Tailfeathers will play Kate.
NBC's CHICAGO FIRE
- Annabeth Gish has booked a recurring role on the drama's upcoming 14th season. She previously starred for two seasons in FOX's The X-Files, three seasons in Showtime's Brotherhood, two seasons in FX's The Bridge, and in the Netflix limited series Midnight Mass.
- She will play the Chief of Staff to the Mayor of Chicago.