Merle Dandridge Cast In USA Network’s ‘The Rainmaker’ For Season 2

EXCLUSIVE: Merle Dandridge (The Last of Us, Station 19) has been set as an everyday sequence of USA Network‘s (*2*) for Season 2. She will play Amanda Vonn, a powerhouse legal professional who supplies a contemporary gateway to energy for Sarah (Madison Iseman) and a brand new form of adversary for Rudy (Milo Callaghan).

Based on the best-selling novel by John Grisham, Rudy Baylor, who’s contemporary out of regulation faculty, goes head-to-head with courtroom lion Leo Drummond in addition to his regulation faculty girlfriend, Sarah. Rudy, alongside together with his boss, Bruiser (Lana Parrilla), and her matted paralegal, Deck (PJ Byrne), uncover two related conspiracies surrounding the mysterious deaths of their consumer’s son.

The Season 1 solid additionally consists of John Slattery, Lana Parrilla, Dan Fogler, Wade Briggs and Robyn Cara. Season 2 can even embody Austin Nichols, who Deadline beforehand introduced as a part of the same old solid. He will play Bruiser’s ex-husband, a minor league baseball coach and former participant who finds himself in the course of a harmful conspiracy.

The Rainmaker It is produced by Lionsgate Television and Blumhouse Television. Michael Seitzman, who additionally serves as showrunner, Grisham, Patrick Moran, Jason Richman, David Gernert and Jason Blum function govt producers.

Dandridge is most not too long ago identified for enjoying Marlene, chief of the fireflies, in HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Usprimarily based on Naughty Dog’s online game of the identical identify, and as Chief Ross in ABC’s Station 19. Additional notable roles additionally embody Zarina Killebrew in Apple TV+’s Truth Be Toldthe main function of Grace Greenleaf in Oprah Winfrey’s greenleafand as Joana within the upcoming second season of Prime Video’s Citadel. Dandridge is repped by SDB Partners, Cornerstone Talent, and Schreck Rose Dapello.