Netflix Queenstown cast adds Anna Baryshnikov and BeBe Orleans
Netflix’s New Zealand ski drama Queenstown has added five series regulars as production gets underway in Queenstown.
By Bianca Rossi · Entertainment Editor
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The Netflix Queenstown cast just picked up five more series regulars, with Deadline reporting that Anna Baryshnikov, Jamie Ward, BeBe Orleans, Alex FitzAlan and Tatum Warren-Ngata have joined the ski drama.
Their characters are being kept secret for now, according to Deadline, so the latest casting news adds names without giving away where they fit in the show’s icy web of money, loyalty and desire.
The new additions join a previously announced cast that includes Rufus Sewell, Frances O’Connor, Alycia Debnam-Carey and Te Kohe Tuhaka.
Who is in the Netflix Queenstown cast?
According to Deadline, the series regular cast now includes Anna Baryshnikov, Jamie Ward, BeBe Orleans, Alex FitzAlan and Tatum Warren-Ngata, alongside Rufus Sewell, Frances O’Connor, Alycia Debnam-Carey and Te Kohe Tuhaka.
- Anna Baryshnikov, whose credits include Cape Fear and Idiotka
- Jamie Ward, known for The Gentlemen and His Dark Materials
- BeBe Orleans, whose credits include Strife and Spiderhead
- Alex FitzAlan, known for Hunting Wives and My Brilliant Career
- Tatum Warren-Ngata, whose credits include Head Girl and My Life is Murder
Netflix has not disclosed the roles the five actors will play, Deadline reported.
What is Queenstown about?
Queenstown is set around the luxury ski world of Queenstown, New Zealand. Deadline describes the drama as following a wealthy family and the people who work for them as they clash over power, loyalty and desire beneath the polished surface of the resort scene.
The series comes from creator, writer and executive producer Chloe Stearns. Production is already underway in Queenstown, according to Deadline.
The project marks the first Netflix series from the streamer’s Australia and New Zealand branch to be both set and filmed in New Zealand, Deadline reported.
Who is making Queenstown?
Glendyn Ivin is an executive producer and lead director on the series. His credits include The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart and Penguin Bloom.
Roseanne Liang, whose credits include Avatar: The Last Airbender, is also directing.
Executive producers on Queenstown include Stearns, Ivin, Jodi Matterson, Libbie Doherty, Jeremy Platt and Erika North, according to Deadline.
Mel Turner, Ricci Swart, Andrew Low, Jon Hamm, John Wynn and Zack Sherman are co-executive producers. Axel Paton is co-producer.
The production companies behind the series are Silent Firework and Runaway Unicorn, Deadline reported.
This story draws on original reporting from Deadline.