Here's What The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Cast Looks Like in Real Life
Everyone's favorite midcentury housewife-turned-standup came back with a bang today, when the long-awaited third season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel dropped on Amazon Prime Video. And it's not just Midge that's back in town: she brought her whole motley crew of family members, in-laws, friends, and enemies with her. Here, the cast of Maisel's third season.
Midge kicks off season three excited and ready to take the next step in her career, thanks to a little help from Shy Baldwin. Still, performing on the road promises to bring a whole new set of challenges (and there's the ever-present challenge of her family back home, too).
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Rachel Brosnahan's career began to gain steam after her acclaimed performance on House of Cards, but it wasn't until she landed the lead role in Maisel that things really took off. Soon, she'll be starring alongside Benedcit Cumberbatch in 2020's Ironbark.
In the season two finale, Susie was offered the opportunity of a lifetime: to represent comedy titan Sophie Lennon. Unfortunately, Lennon also happens to the arch-nemesis of Susie's one and only current client. In short, the upstart firm Susie Myerson & Associates has a lot of tough decisions to make in season three.
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Borstein is perhaps most famous for her role on Family Guy, portraying the long-suffering Lois Griffin. She's also appeared in Seth MacFarlane's A Million Ways to Die in the West, and alongside George Clooney in Good Night, and Good Luck. Twenty-somethings may also remember Borstein for her role in The Lizzie McGuire Movie, and bit parts in Gilmore Girls.
After a whole life of stability, Abe threw caution to the wind at the end of last season, trading in a cushy Columbia professorship and (albeit low-level) Bell Labs gig for... who knows what. Expect Abe to find himself this season—or at least try to.
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Shalhoub will forever be identified with his iconic role in Monk, in which he played a lovable, obsessive-compulsive detective. But aside from that, Shalhoub has had an accomplished, decades-long career on stage and screen, winning him a Tony, Golden Globe, a couple of SAG Awards, plenty of Emmys, and many more accolades.
If Maisel's first season was devoted to Midge dropping everything and starting anew, the show's second season offered Rose a taste of the same. In the end, she did decide that she could make a life with Abe that would satisfy her—but his recent about-face will make that harder going forward.
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Hinkle's most famous role was a 13-year run as Jon Cryer's wife on Two and a Half Men. You've also seen her in Homeland, Madam Secretary, and The Sarah Silverman Program. (And if you're a fan of plays, both on and off Broadway, you might've seen her there too).
It didn't take Joel all that long after ditching his wife to realize that he'd made a huge mistake. Still, he and Midge seem to have come to an understanding (not to mention a surprisingly progressive--for-the-50s coparenting approach). Season three will reveal if their tenuous arrangement was at all compromised by their night together in the season two finale.
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Zegen earned his period acting stripes on HBO's Boardwalk Empire. Other television roles include turns in The Walking Dead, Girls, and How to Make It in America. He's also appeared in several breakout indie films, such as Frances Ha, Brooklyn, and Adventureland. Soon, fans will also be able to see him in 2020's The Stand-In, alongside Drew Barrymore and Ellie Kemper.
Reggie enters the Maisel universe this season as Shy Baldwin's no-nonsense manager, who seems to have the power to either make Midge and Susie's lives easy, or very, very, difficult.
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Sterling K. Brown is a bonafide star, appearing in everything from blockbuster hits like Black Panther to the recent acclaimed indie Waves. But it seems to have been Rachel Brosnahan who really brought him into the Maisel fold, having famously crashed one of his red carpet interviews to tell him that she'd "do anything" to have him on the show. Still, Maisel's showrunners assured fans that Brosnahan didn't "have to campaign very hard," and that they all wanted him to sign on.
Baldwin is poised to give Midge her big break in season three, having offered her to open for him on tour. It remains to be seen how well that all works out, though.
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McClain began landing onscreen roles in the mid-aughts, most of which were one-episode spots on TV shows. But with Maisel on his resume and a role in the upcoming film Respect alongside Forest Whitaker, his career could soon hit an inflection point.
Sophie Lennon is not, and never really has been, on great terms with Midge Maisel. But Sophie's set herself on a collision course with her nemesis, now that she's asked Susie to represent her as well.
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Lynch has been acting for decades—even appearing in cult classics like Best in Show—but it took her breakout role in Glee to make her a household name.
Maisel brought in real-life comedy trailblazer Lenny Bruce to serve as Midge's fairy godfather of sorts. Throughout the first two seasons, he supported her and helped lift her up when she needed it. Perhaps Lenny will keep it up in season three—or maybe he'll have another character arc entirely.
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Kirby has had recurring parts in several television shows of late, including in The Deuce, Rectify, and The Astronaut Wives Club. He's also appeared on the big screen, as in Take This Waltz opposite Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen. As far as future roles go, fans can look forward to seeing him opposite Christina Ricci and Christopher Walken in Percy.
So far, fans haven't learned all that much about Midge's mother-in-law—except that she is apparently ill-suited to bookkeeping, and not well-liked by the Weissmans. Perhaps season three will finally offer some insight into Joel's well-meaning, if slightly domineering, mother.
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Though not a household name, Aaron has appeared in more than a few cult-favorite films: Edward Scissorhands, Sleepless in Seattle, and Crimes and Misdemeanors among them.
Mei arrives in Maisel's third season with little warning—and in Joel's eyes, her presence is more than a little annoying, at least at first. Still, there's something undeniably likeable about this new character, which makes it seem like she'll stick around for a while.
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Hsu is perhaps best known for her part as Joy in Hulu's The Path, but Maisel has the potential to elevate her career to a new level.
Imogene has a strange place in the Maisel world. She seems to be the only friend who stood by Midge during her breakup and fledgling comedy career, but Imogene herself hasn't shed a bit of her very 1950s worldview. Likely, she'll continue to serve as comedic relief as the show goes on.
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De Young previously appeared in another show from writer Amy Sherman-Palladino, Bunheads. She also co-starred in MTV's Faking It during the series' three-season run.
Here's What The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Cast Looks Like in Real Life
Everyone's favorite midcentury housewife-turned-standup came back with a bang today, when the long-awaited third season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel dropped on Amazon Prime Video. And it's not just Midge that's back in town: she brought her whole motley crew of family members, in-laws, friends, and enemies with her. Here, the cast of Maisel's third season.
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