The Cast of HBO's BIG LITTLE LIES Continues to Grow

According to Variety, the cast for "Big Little Lies" continues to grow.The second season of the HBO drama is bringing back Kathryn Newton as Abigail Carlson, Robin Weigert as Dr. Amanda Reisman, Sarah Sokolovic as Tori Bachman, and Merrin Dungey as Detective Adrienne Quinlan. In addition, Newton and Sokolovic have been upped to series regulars while Dungey and Weigert will recur. Season 2 will also see the additions of Crystal FOX as Elizabeth Howard, and Mo McRae as Michael Perkins. FOX will be a series regular and McRae will recur.

Previously announced returning cast members include Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, Zoë Kravitz, Adam Scott, Iain Armitage, Jeffrey Nordling, and James Tupper. In addition, Meryl Streep will star in Season 2 as Perry's mother.

Big Little Lies is based in the tranquil seaside town of Monterey, California, where nothing is quite as it seems. Doting moms, successful husbands, adorable children, beautiful homes: What lies will be told to keep their perfect worlds from unraveling? Told through the eyes of three mothers - Madeline (Reese Witherspoon), Celeste (Nicole Kidman) and Jane (Shailene Woodley) - Big Little Lies paints a picture of a town fueled by rumors and DIVIDED into the haves and have-nots, exposing the conflicts, SECRETSand betrayals that compromise relationships between husbands and wives, parents and children, and friends and neighbors.

The cast also includes Alexander Skarsgård, Emmy®-nominee Laura Dern, Adam Scott, Zoë Kravitz, James Tupper and Jeffrey Nordling. Big Little Lies is written for television and created by David E. Kelley (seven-time Emmy® winner for "Picket Fences", "LA Law", "The Practice" and "Ally McBeal"; "Goliath") and directed by Jean-Marc Vallée ("Dallas Buyers Club"; "Wild"; "Demolition").

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