Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Casting News - Michiel Huisman Joins 'Mayfair Witches'; 'The Diplomat' Promotes Nana Mensah to Series Regular

Casting News - November 4, 2025

AMC's Mayfair Witches and Netflix's The Diplomat.






AMC's MAYFAIR WITCHES
  • Michiel Huisman has joined the cast of the drama's upcoming third season. He previously starred for two seasons in HBO's Game of Thrones, in the first season of HBO Max's The Flight Attendant and in the AppleTV+ limited series Echo 3.
  • He will play Michael, a carpenter who built an inn that he runs himself. Though he hides a dark secret, his carefully constructed life begins to crumble when he falls in love with Rowan Mayfair (Alexandra Daddario).
NETFLIX's THE DIPLOMAT
  • Nana Mensah has been promoted to series regular on the drama's upcoming fourth season. She has been a recurring guest star on all three of the drama's prior seasons - appearing in 15 episodes overall.
  • She plays Billie Appiah, the tenacious and extremely loyal White House Chief of Staff. In the third season, she had to ingratiate herself with newly President Grace Penn (Allison Janney) - the very woman she'd been back channeling to oust as Vice President.