Kim Cattrall is confirmed to star in Netflix’s Glamorous, a new drama set in the beauty industry. The series comes from writer/executive producer Jordon Nardino (Star Trek: Discovery) and will feature Cattrall as Madolyn Addison, the CEO of Glamorous.
Netflix describes Kim Cattrall’s character as “a veteran from the Golden Age of Supermodels who is the founder and CEO of the prestigious boutique beauty brand that bears her name. The quick-witted executive is focused on shaking up her business and sees an opportunity in Marco Mejia (Miss Benny), taking him from the makeup counter to a seat at the table, ruffling feathers along the way.”
Miss Benny, Zane Phillips, Jade Payton, Michael Hsu Rosen, Ayesha Harris, and Graham Parkhurst are also on board as series regulars in the 10-episode first season.
Two Shakes Entertainment’s Damon Wayans Jr. and Kameron Tarlow join Nardino as executive producers. The drama is a production of CBS Studios.
The Plot: Glamorous tells the story of Marco Mejia, a young gender non-conforming queer man whose life seems to be stuck in place until he lands a job working for legendary makeup mogul Madolyn Addison. It’s Marco’s first chance to figure out what he wants out of life, who he actually is, and what it really means for him to be queer.
GLAMOROUS CAST AND CHARACTERS:
- Miss Benny [they/them] plays Marco Mejia, a young gender non-conforming queer man whose life seems to be stuck in place until he lands a job working for Madolyn.
- Zane Phillips [he/him] (Legacies) will play “Chad,” devoted son to Madolyn and the Director of Sales for her beauty empire, who is caught in a never-ending quest to live up to his mother’s expectations.
- Jade Payton [she/her] (Dynasty) will play “Venetia,” Madolyn’s ambitious and chic first assistant who takes the newly-hired Marco under her wing, showing him not only how to navigate the office, but queer Brooklyn nightlife as well.
- Michael Hsu Rosen [he/him] (Tiny Pretty Things) plays “Ben,” a graphic designer at Glamorous by Madolyn, full of angst and opinions, who has built a wall around his heart. That is, until he meets Marco, and is inspired to stumble out of his comfort zone.
- Ayesha Harris [she/her] (Daisy Jones and The Six) plays “Britt,” a fellow graphic designer at Glamorous by Madolyn, who finds her long-time crush on her colleague requited when they match by surprise, sparking a relationship that gets serious in more ways than one.
- Graham Parkhurst [he/him] (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) plays “Parker,” a confident, self-proclaimed jock who symbolizes unobtainable gay cis-male perfection. He has a chance encounter with Marco that sets in motion a game of pursuit.
GUEST STARS:
- Diana Maria Riva [she/her] (Dead To Me) plays “Julia,” Marco’s unpretentious, no-nonsense mother who wishes her son would up his dreams of social media stardom and get a real job, which he finally does — much to her surprise — when he starts working for Madolyn.
- Lisa Gilroy [she/her] (Jury Duty) plays “Alyssasays,” a first-generation social media influencer who pivoted to a career in marketing and now runs all social accounts at Glamorous by Madolyn, fiercely clinging to her former glory days.
- Mark Deklin [he/him] (Good Fight) plays “James,” a charming and creative but underemployed documentary filmmaker whose chance encounter with the famous Madolyn Addison tumbles into an unexpected romance.
