Tichina Arnold, Dawnn Lewis and Glynn Turman are the latest additions to Netflix’s A Different World sequel series.
On Wednesday (March 25), the streaming giant announced additional cast members for the A Different World sequel series, including Tichina Arnold and Raven Goodwin. Dawnn Lewis and Glynn Turman will also be reprising their roles from the original series.
Additional cast
- Dawnn Lewis (A Different World, Star Trek: Lower Decks)
- Glynn Turman (A Different World, In Treatment)
- Tichina Arnold (The Neighborhood, Martin)
- Joshua Suiter (All’s Fair) as Andre
- Raven Goodwin (Grotesquerie, Single Black Female)
Lewis will once again play Jaleesa Vinson-Taylor, a divorcée student at Hillman College who doled out wisdom to her younger peers, for the show’s six seasons.
Broadway alum Glynn Turman will star as Col. Bradford Taylor, a military man turned higher educator with a heart of gold, throughout the show’s run.
New additions to the franchise are Tichina Arnold as Darlene Duvall, Joshua Suiter as Andrem and Raven Goodwin as Dr. Brooklyn Boyer.
The actors will join alumni cast: Jenifer Lewis, Charnele Brown, Kadeem Hardison, Jasmine Guy, Darryl M. Bell, and Cree Summer. Additional guest stars are Vincent Jamal Hooper as Ellington, Elijah J. Roberts as Jalen, Renee Harrison as Candace, Famecia Ward as Nellie Gaines, and Dasan Onyx Frazier as Xavier.
The logline reads: “When Deborah, Dwayne Wayne, and Whitley Gilbert’s free-spirited, well-intentioned, yet rebellious youngest child, enters her freshman year at Hillman College, she finds the shadow of her parents difficult to escape as she sets out to build her own legacy, while having the time of her life, alongside a whole new generation of Hillman’s best and brightest.”
In November, Netflix announced a sequel series to the iconic ’90s sitcom centering on Deborah Wayne, the youngest daughter of Wayne and Gilbert.
Felicia Pride (Grey’s Anatomy, Queen Sugar) serves as showrunner/executive producer/writer. Debbie Allen, who directed 83 episodes of the original series and served as primary director from 1988-1993, returns for the sequel. She will direct three episodes, including the first episode.
The show will mark the first time Arnold works alongside her daughter, Kai, though it’s not clear if their characters will be connected.