See the Cast of Netflix's 'Little House on the Prairie' Reboot Side-by-Side with the Original Series' Stars
More than 40 years after Little House on the Prairie ended, fans are returning to the American West.
In January 2025, Netflix announced that it would be rebooting the Little House on the Prairie series for a new audience — an adaptation that, according to the show's official logline, will be "part hopeful family drama, part epic survival tale and part origin story of the American West."
'I fell deeply in love with these books when I was five years old,' showrunner and executive producer Rebecca Sonnenshine said in a statement, per Variety. 'They inspired me to become a writer and a filmmaker, and I am honored and thrilled to be adapting these stories for a new global audience with Netflix.'
The original NBC series — based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic books about her childhood in the late 1800s — followed the life of Laura Ingalls, a pioneer girl growing up with her family during America's westward expansion. The show began with their life in Wisconsin and traced their move to Kansas as they faced hardships like crop failures and disease.
It ran for nine seasons from 1974 to 1983 and starred Melissa Gilbert as Laura Ingalls, Michael Landon as Charles Ingalls, Karen Grassle as Caroline Ingalls and Melissa Sue Anderson as Mary Ingalls.
In May 2025, Netflix announced four cast members who would be starring in the series, including Alice Halsey as Laura Ingalls.
With the remake on the way, here's a look at the new Little House on the Prairie cast side-by-side with the actors who formerly played the Ingalls family.
Alice Halsey will play Laura Ingalls — the bright, honest, authority-questioning and sometimes disruptive young heroine of Netflix's Little House on the Prairie.
"I love all of the Little House books so much, and I'm so excited and grateful to get to bring Laura to life!" Halsey wrote on Instagram in May 2025. "Thank you so much to the Little House creative team for putting your faith in me."
Halsey is an up-and-coming actress whose past credits include Lessons in Chemistry, Days of Our Lives, Night Court and Kindergarten: The Musical.
Melissa Gilbert previously played Laura Ingalls in NBC's Little House on the Prairie. She went on to star in several TV shows and films, including 23 episodes of the NBC show Sweet Justice and 2017's TV movie Tenure.
As for a possible cameo in Netflix's new series, Gilbert told PEOPLE in February 2025 that it's a "conversation to be had another day, or maybe not."
She continued, "My knee-jerk reaction is that I think they should create their own whole universe and maybe not try and cross things over too much or cross the streams as it were."
Luke Bracey will play Laura Ingalls' Pa, Charles Ingalls, in the upcoming remake of Little House on the Prairie.
Bracey, who has been acting since 2009, is best known for 2020's Holidate, in which he starred opposite Emma Roberts. He also appeared in Elvis (2022) as talent manager Jerry Schilling and starred in the 2023 thriller Mercy Road.
Michael Landon was the first actor to portray Charles Ingalls. After Little House on the Prairie ended in 1983, he starred in the NBC series Highway to Heaven, which ran for five seasons. He also filmed two TV movies — Where Pigeons Go to Die and Us — before his death from pancreatic cancer in July 1991.
Crosby Fitzgerald will play Laura Ingalls' Ma, Caroline Ingalls, in the Netflix remake.
Like Halsey, Fitzgerald is also an up-and-coming actress. Her past acting credits include appearances in TV series such as Abbott Elementary, The First Lady and Palm Royale.
Actress Karen Grassle originally played Caroline Ingalls. She has acted intermittently since NBC's Little House on the Prairie ended — most notably, starring in the series' TV movie Little House: The Last Farewell in 1984 and the 2021 film Not to Forget.
Skywalker Hughes will portray Laura Ingalls' older sister, Mary Ingalls.
Fans might recognize the young actress from the Amazon Prime Video show Joe Pickett, in which she played Sheridan Pickett for two seasons, or the 2024 film Ordinary Angels, in which she starred opposite Hilary Swank and Alan Ritchson.
Mary Ingalls was previously played by Melissa Sue Anderson, who went on to appear in shows like The Equalizer and voice Snowbird in X-Men: The Animated Series.
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