'The Chi' Adds Several New Recurring Actors to Cast of Upcoming Final Season1
The Chi is returning for an eighth and final season on Showtime!
The Lena Waithe-created series was announced to be renewed for one more season last fall, and now we’re learning a little more about the cast.
Keep reading to find out more…
Paramount+ announced on Thursday (April 2) that six actors will be joining the series in recurring guest star roles, including Biko Eisen-Martin and Laila Odom, who are pictured here.
Also set to join the cast are Daryl Dunning II, Akilah A. Walker, Liza Jessie Peterson and Anthony B. Jenkins.
Darryl will play Rafi, one of Nuck’s quick-tempered enforcers; Biko will guest stars as Smitty, a reformed gangster, hardened by the streets and humbled by life; Akilah is set to portray Amaya, Smitty’s fiery girlfriend who wants more out of life; Laila will be playing Jordan, Keith’s girlfriend who is a nurse but still has ties to the streets; Liza has been cast as Patience, Rashaad’s no-nonsense attorney with the heart of an activist; and Anthony will portray Devante, Emmett and Shay’s son who moves in with Emmett and Kiesha after getting into trouble at school.
Here’s a season synopsis: As The Chi enters its eighth and final season and its coldest winter ever, life or death choices must be made. The question becomes, who is willing to make them? Legacy, conflict, joy, and pain. It all collides in the biggest, most emotionally riveting way ever seen this season on The Chi.
Series stars Jacob Latimore, Birgundi Baker, Luke James, Shamon Brown Jr., Michael V. Epps, Hannaha Hall and Jason Weaver are all returning.
Production on the final season began earlier this year in January.
If you missed it, find out what Lena Waithe said about the series coming to an end.