‘Central Park Five’ Adds Niecy Nash, Aunjanue Ellis, and Kylie Bunbury

The cast of Netflix’s Central Park Five has expanded by five. The dramatic limited series based on true events has just added Emmy Award nominee Niecy Nash (Claws), Aunjanue Ellis (Quantico), Kylie Bunbury (Game Night, Pitch), Marsha Stephanie Blake (Crown Heights) and Storm Reid (A Wrinkle in Time) in supporting roles.

The four-episode series will be written and directed by Ava DuVernay. DuVernay, Jeff Skoll, Jonathan King, Oprah Winfrey, Jane Rosenthal, and Berry Welsh are on board as executive producers.

The Central Park Five cast and characters, courtesy of Netflix:

• Oscar nominee and Emmy Award winner Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives) will play Linda Fairstein, the prosecutor who headed the Manhattan district attorney’s sex crimes office during the case.
• Jharrel Jerome (Moonlight) will play Korey Wise, one of the wrongfully convicted five who was charged as an adult in the case and served twelve years in prison before being exonerated.
• Jovan Adepo (Fences) will play the exonerated Antron McCray, another member of the wrongfully convicted five, who was released after serving six years in a New York State prison.
• Two-time Emmy Award nominee Michael K. Williams (Bessie, The Night Of) will play Bobby McCray, devoted father of accused teen Antron McCray.
• Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air) will play Elizabeth Lederer, the Manhattan Assistant District Attorney and lead prosecutor on the case.
• Emmy Award winner John Leguizamo (John Leguizamo: Freak) will play Raymond Santana Sr., the father of accused teen Raymond Santana Jr.
• Niecy Nash will play Delores Wise, mother of Korey Wise.
• Aunjanue Ellis will play Sharone Salaam, mother of Yusef Salaam.
• Kylie Bunbury will play Angie Richardson, sister of Kevin Richardson.
• Marsha Stephanie Blake will play Linda McCray, mother of Antron McCray.
• Storm Reid will play Lisa, a friend of Korey Wise.

The Plot: Based on a true story that gripped the country, Central Park Five will chronicle the notorious case of five teenagers of color who were convicted of a rape they did not commit. The four episode limited series will focus on the five teenagers from Harlem — Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise. The series will span from the spring of 1989, when each were first questioned about the incident, to 2014 when they were exonerated and a settlement was reached with the city of New York.