CHINASA OGBUAGU, KELLY AUCOIN AMONG NINE CAST IN ‘GIRL FROM PLAINVILLE’ SERIES AT HULU (EXCLUSIVE)
First Published on Variety.com
HULU HAS ADDED NINE ACTORS IN RECURRING ROLES TO THE UPCOMING SERIES “THE GIRL FROM PLAINVILLE,” VARIETY HAS LEARNED EXCLUSIVELY.
Chinasa Ogbuagu (“Mare of Easttown,” “Nurse Jackie”), Kelly AuCoin (“Billions,” “The Americans”), Scott William Winters (“Oz,” “City on a Hill”), Kristin Griffith (“Succession,” “The Devil All the Time”), Ella Rubin (“The Chair,” “Gossip Girl”), Megan Lawless (“The Hate U Give,” “Play by Play”), John Henry Ward (“Yes, God, Yes,” “Murder Chose Me”), Leah Thompkins (“Unaware,” “Dead of Night”), and Callie McClincy (“Chicago Med,” “Outcast”) have all joined the drama series.
They join previously announced cast members Elle Fanning, Chloë Sevigny, Colton Ryan, Cara Buono, Kai Lennox, and Norbert Leo Butz.
“The Girl From Plainville” is inspired by the true story of Michelle Carter’s controversial “texting-suicide” case. Based off the Esquire article of the same name by Jesse Barron, the limited series will explore Carter’s (Fanning) relationship with Conrad Roy III (Ryan) and the events that led to his death and, later, her controversial conviction of involuntary manslaughter.