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Casting News: Lincoln Lawyer Adds Emmanuelle Chriqui, Kevin Pollak Joins Tulsa King and More

Casting News: Lincoln Lawyer Adds Emmanuelle Chriqui, Kevin Pollak Joins Tulsa King and More

Yahoo05-05-2025

Superman & Lois vet Emmanuelle Chriqui might just be the key to saving The Lincoln Lawyer.
The actress will guest-star during Season 4 of the Netflix series, which finds Mickey defending himself against murder charges. Per our sister site Deadline, Chriqui will play Jeanine, 'the girlfriend of a local gangster who finds herself mixed up in a criminal enterprise, giving her information pivotal to Mickey's defense.'
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Additionally, Jason O'Mara (Fire Country, The Man in the High Castle) will guest-star as Jack Gilroy, Maggie's (Neve Campbell) current boyfriend who is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine.
In other recent casting news…
* Tulsa King Season 3 has added Kevin Pollak (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) in the series-regular role of Special Agent Musso, an FBI agent who has an axe to grind, our sister site Variety reports.
* Kali Reis (True Detective: Night Country) has boarded Apple TV+'s international heist series 12 12 12, starring Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan, per Deadline.
* The Chi Season 7 has tapped Kyla Pratt (Call Me Kat, One on One), Punkie Johnson (Saturday Night Live), Reagan Gomez (The Parent 'Hood, Queen Sugar), and Tammy Townsend (Average Joe, Queen Sugar) as guest stars.
* NBA legends Udonis Haslem, Steve Nash, and Dwyane Wade, and WNBA legend Candace Parker have joined Prime Video's inaugural season of NBA coverage, beginning in October 2025.
Hit the comments with your thoughts on the above castings!
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