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Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black: Netflix Reveals Casting for Perry’s New Drama Series

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The cast for Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Black has been set. The drama series, the first under Perry’s new multi-year first-look series deal with Netflix, will have 16 episodes which will be written, directed, and produced by Perry.

Netflix revealed more about the plot of the series and its cast via TUDUM:

The 16-episode hour-long drama follows two women on very different paths. Taylor Polidore Williams (Divorce in the Black, Snowfall) will play Kimmie, who struggles to make ends meet after her mother kicks her out, while Mallory — played by Crystle Stewart (Tyler Perry’s The Oval; Acrimony) — finds success running her own business. Eventually, they find themselves entangled in each other’s lives. Angi Bones and Tony Strickland will also produce the series for Tyler Perry Studios.

Here’s the full cast so far, which includes several familiar faces from the Tyler Perry universe:

Taylor Polidore Williams (Divorce in the Black, Snowfall) as Kimmie

Amber Reign Smith (Outlaw Posse, Wu-Tang: An American Saga) as Rain

Crystle Stewart (Tyler Perry’s The Oval, Acrimony) as Mallory

Ricco Ross (A Husband for Christmas, Aliens) as Horace

Debbi Morgan (Power, Power Book II: Ghost) as Olivia

Richard Lawson (Black Hamptons, For Colored Girls) as Norman

Steven G. Norfleet (Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire, Ruthless) as Charles

Julian Horton (National Champions, Tyler Perry’s Bruh) as Roy

Terrell Carter (Empire; From Scratch) as Varley

Shannon Wallace (Diarra from Detroit, City on a Hill) as Calvin

Bryan Tanaka (Entourage) as Officer Alex

Joy Rovaris (Saint Clare, The Neighborhood) as Gillian

Xavier Smalls as Angel

Charles Malik Whitfield (The Temptations, If Loving You is Wrong) as Jules

Tamera “Tee” Kissen (House Party, White Men Can’t Jump) as Body

Ursula O. Robinson (Hightown) as Delinda

Ashley Versher (This is Me… Now, Law & Order) as Lena

George Middlebrook (The Final Play, McGraw Ave H-Block) as Officer Trackson

The premiere date for this new Tyler Perry drama series will be announced later.

What do you think? Are you planning to watch the new Beauty in Black series when it premieres?

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