List of Nashville cast members
Nashville is an American musical drama television series. It was created by Academy Award winner Callie Khouri and produced by R.J. Cutler, Khouri, Dee Johnson, Steve Buchanan and Connie Britton. The series stars Connie Britton as Rayna Jaymes, a legendary country music superstar, whose stardom begins fading, and Hayden Panettiere as rising younger star Juliette Barnes. This is a list of current and former regular cast members, as well as recurring and guest-stars. A number of country musicians and celebrities have also appeared, including Brad Paisley, Katie Couric, Kelly Clarkson, Conan O'Brien, Luke Bryan and Michelle Obama.[1]
Cast
Regular cast
| Actor | Character | First episode |
Final episode |
Seasons | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | S2 | S3 | ||||
| Connie Britton | Rayna Jaymes | 1.01 | Main | |||
| Hayden Panettiere | Juliette Barnes | 1.01 | Main | |||
| Clare Bowen | Scarlett O'Connor | 1.01 | Main | |||
| Eric Close | Theodore 'Teddy' Conrad | 1.01 | Main | |||
| Charles Esten | Deacon Claybourne | 1.01 | Main | |||
| Jonathan Jackson | Avery Barkley | 1.01 | Main | |||
| Sam Palladio | Gunnar Scott | 1.01 | Main | |||
| Robert Wisdom | Coleman Carlisle | 1.01 | 2.03 | Main | Guest | |
| Powers Boothe | Lamar Wyatt | 1.01 | 2.14 | Main | Recurring | |
| Chris Carmack | Will Lexington | 1.16 | Recurring | Main | ||
| Lennon Stella | Maddie Conrad | 1.01 | Recurring | Main | ||
| Maisy Stella | Daphne Conrad | 1.01 | Recurring | Main | ||
| Will Chase | Luke Wheeler | 2.05 | Recurring | Main | ||
| Oliver Hudson | Jeff Fordham | 2.02 | Recurring | Main | ||
Recurring cast
| Actor | Character | First episode |
Final episode |
Seasons and episode count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | S2 | S3 | ||||
| Judith Hoag | Tandy Hampton | 1.01 | 3.11 | Recurring | Guest | |
| Sylvia Jefferies | Jolene Barnes | 1.01 | 3.08 | Recurring | Guest | |
| J. D. Souther | Watty White | 1.01 | 1.17 | Recurring | ||
| Ed Amatrudo | Glenn Goodman | 1.01 | Recurring | |||
| David Alford | Bucky Dawes | 1.01 | Recurring | |||
| Kourtney Hansen | Emily | 1.01 | Recurring | |||
| J. Karen Thomas | Audrey Carlisle | 1.01 | 1.19 | Recurring | ||
| Kimberly Williams-Paisley | Peggy Kenter | 1.04 | 2.10 | Recurring | ||
| Michiel Huisman | Liam McGuinnis | 1.06 | 2.16 | Recurring | ||
| Rya Kihlstedt | Marilyn Rhodes | 1.06 | 1.16 | Recurring | ||
| Tilky Jones | Sean Butler | 1.06 | 1.10 | Recurring | ||
| Wyclef Jean | Dominic King | 1.07 | 1.15 | Recurring | ||
| Jay Hernandez | Dante Rivas | 1.14 | 1.20 | Recurring | ||
| Susan Misner | Stacy | 1.15 | 1.19 | Recurring | ||
| Derek Krantz | Brent McKinney | 1.21 | 2.17 | Guest | Recurring | |
| Christina Chang | Megan Vannoy | 2.01 | 2.18 | Recurring | ||
| Chaley Rose | Zoey Dalton | 2.01 | 3.09 | Recurring | ||
| Aubrey Peeples | Layla Grant | 2.02 | Recurring | |||
| Charlie Bewley | Charles Wentworth | 2.03 | 2.19 | Recurring | ||
| Laura Benanti | Sadie Stone | 3.02 | 3.17 | Recurring | ||
| Brette Taylor | Pam York | 3.03 | 3.07 | Recurring | ||
| Alexa Vega | Kiley | 3.05 | 3.08 | Recurring | ||
| Derek Hough | Noah West | 3.03 | 3.06 | Recurring | ||
| Nick Jandl | Dr. Caleb Rand | 3.11 | Recurring | |||
| Christina Aguilera | Jade St. John | 3.18 | 3.20 | Recurring | ||
| Kyle Dean Massey | Kevin Bicks | 3.15 | Recurring | |||
Characters
Regular
- Rayna Jaymes Main article: Rayna Jaymes
- Juliette Barnes Main article: Juliette Barnes
- Scarlett O'Connor played by Clare Bowen. Poet and songwriter. She is also Deacon's niece, and musician partner with Gunnar. Works at the Bluebird Cafe which is where she is first noticed and performs.
- Theodore 'Teddy' Conrad played by Eric Close. Rayna’s husband who, after a business failure, is now living on his wife’s income. He runs for mayor with help from his father-in-law and wins election, later divorcing Rayna.[2]
- Deacon Claybourne played by Charles Esten. Songwriter, lead guitar player, Rayna’s former lover and biological father of her oldest child.[3][4]
- Avery Barkley played by Jonathan Jackson. Aspiring musician with a bad-boy streak. He and Scarlett are in a relationship when the series begins, but soon separate.[5][6] In season two he dates Juliette but breaks up with her after finding out that she cheated on him with Jeff Fordham. In season three it is revealed that Avery is the father of Juliette's baby, and Avery and Juliette marry later in the season.
- Gunnar Scott played by Sam Palladio. A kind-hearted aspiring musician who dates Scarlett in season one, and dates Zoey in season two.
- Coleman Carlisle played by Robert Wisdom. A one-time mayoral candidate, and later Deputy Mayor. He is a close friend of Rayna, and serves as Deacon's sobriety sponsor.[7]
- Lamar Wyatt played by Powers Boothe. Rayna's father and a wealthy, powerful and controlling patriarch and local politician who disapproves of his daughter's career as a country singer.[8] He dies of a heart attack while Teddy watches and does nothing.
- Will Lexington played by Chris Carmack.[9] Scarlett and Gunnar's new neighbor and aspiring country music singer.[10] He and Gunnar enjoy each other's company and they soon become friends. He is also a closeted homosexual. In the season two he starts dating and marries Layla Grant. He eventually tells her that he is gay, causing both of their lives to spiral out of control before they both later agree to get a divorce.
- Maddie Conrad played by Lennon Stella and Daphne Conrad played by Maisy Stella. Maddie is Rayna's elder daughter, legal daughter to Teddy, and biological daughter to Deacon .[4] Daphne is Rayna and Teddy's younger daughter.
- Luke Wheeler played by Will Chase. The biggest male country music artist, and a love interest for Rayna. He asks her to marry him in the season two finale.[11][12] During the third season, Rayna breaks off her engagement to Luke which makes him heartbroken and bitter about their breakup.
- Jeff Fordham played by Oliver Hudson. The new label record executive in second season, who clashes with Rayna and Juliette, and eventually has sex with Juliette, thus making her cheat on Avery.[13][11] He has been fired from his record company and is now secretly dating Layla and managing her music career.
Recurring
- Judith Hoag as Tandy Hampton (season 1–3), Rayna's sister, the daughter and protégé of Lamar Wyatt, who plays referee to Rayna and Lamar. She leaves Nashville after accepting a job in San Francisco.
- Kimberly Williams-Paisley as Margaret "Peggy" Kenter (seasons 1 & 2; 20 episodes), Teddy's former co-worker[14] at the credit union who helped him hide his embezzlement. They begin dating after Teddy and Rayna separate and marry after she lies to Teddy that she is pregnant. She is shot and killed while someone was attempting to kill Teddy.
- David Alford as Bucky Dawes, Rayna's long-time seasoned and caring manager.
- Ed Amatrudo as Glenn Goodman, Juliette Barnes's protective manager, often tasked with cleaning up the messes that Juliette leaves behind.
- Sylvia Jefferies as Jolene Barnes (season 1 & 3; 15 episodes), Juliette's overprotective & overbearing mother; a drug addict who later commits a murder-suicide.
- Michiel Huisman as Liam McGuinnis (seasons 1 & 2; 13 episodes), Rayna's new music producer, who also has a brief fling with Rayna and Scarlett.
- Aubrey Peeples as Layla Grant (seasons 2 & 3), A runner-up in a singing competition and a new singer in Nashville who is a new rival for Juliette. She gets dropped from the label, after her single tanks, though she strikes up a romance with Will, and they eventually get engaged. She is a participant in a reality show featuring her and Will, and their impending nuptials.[11][15] She and Will get married, he later tells her that he is gay. Layla goes to Jeff Fordham and demands to make her next album go gold or she will out Will. Layla and Will are now divorced and she is now secretly dating Jeff, who now manages her music career.
- Chaley Rose as Zoey Dalton (seasons 2 & 3), Scarlett's childhood best friend who moves to Nashville, who starts dated Gunnar. She eventually gets a job as a backup singer for Juliette.[11][16]
- Laura Benanti as Sadie Stone (season 3), a country star who gets an offer to sign with Edgehill but later signs with Highway 65. She and Rayna become good friends.[17]
- Brette Taylor as Pam (season 3), as Luke's new backup singer, and has a brief fling with Deacon.[18]
- Alexa Vega as Kiley (season 3), Gunnar's first love who is now a struggling single mother. She lied to Gunnar saying that her 9 year son was Gunnar's but his brother Jason actually is.[19]
- Derek Hough as Noah West (season 3; 2 episodes), an actor who lands a role about a famous country singer.[20]
- Christina Aguilera as Jade St. Jade (season 3), a pop singer who is trying to make it in country music.
- Jay Hernandez as Dante Rivas (season 1; 6 episodes), Jolene's sober companion and Juliette's lover, who, after attempting to blackmail Juliette, is killed by Jolene in a murder-suicide.
- Charlie Bewley as Charles "Charlie" Wentworth (season 2), a married confident business man, who owns a radio stations across the country, and had an affair with Juliette.[21]
- Christina Chang as Megan Vannoy (season 2), Deacon's lawyer at the beginning of season two; Deacon and Megan were in a romantic relationship in season two until Deacon found out that she cheated on him with Teddy.
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Notable guest stars
- Cameos
- Katie Couric as Herself
- Kate York as Herself
- Vince Gill as Himself
- Kip Moore as Himself
- Dan Auerbach as Himself
- The Band Perry as Themselves
- Brad Paisley as Himself
- Conan O'Brien as Himself
- Kelly Clarkson as Herself
- Zac Brown as Himself
- Jay DeMarcus as Himself
- Carrie Underwood as Herself
- Michelle Obama as Herself
- Kellie Pickler as Herself
- Austin Dillon as Himself
- Mario Lopez as Himself
- Barbara Walters as Herself
- Whoopi Goldberg as Herself
- Sherri Shepherd as Herself
- Jenny McCarthy as Herself
- Robin Roberts as Herself
- Maria Menounos as Herself
- Luke Bryan as Himself[24]
- Joe Nichols as Himself
- Sara Evans as Herself
- Florida Georgia Line as Themselves
- Actors
- Ming-Na Wen as Calista Reeve (1 episode)
- Nicholas Pryor as Sam Boone (1 episode)
- Dana Wheeler-Nicholson as Beverly O'Connor (3 episodes)
- Charlotte Ross as Ruth Bennett (1 episode)
References
- ↑ Kristobak, Ryan. "First Lady Michelle Obama to Appear on Nashville". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ↑ Nellie Andreeva (March 5, 2012). "Eric Close To Co-Star In 'Nashville', Two Other ABC Pilots Add To Casts". Deadline.com. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- ↑ Nellie Andreeva (March 13, 2012). "ABC Pilots 'Nashville' & 'Penoza', Fox's Karyn Usher Add To Casts". Deadline.com. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Roots, Kimberly (May 8, 2013). "Nashville Recap: History Repeating". TVLine. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
- ↑ Morgan Jeffery (February 23, 2012). "'Nashville' pilot adds 'General Hospital' star Jonathan Jackson". Digital Spy. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- ↑ Megan Masters (February 23, 2012). "Pilot Scoop: GH's Jonathan Jackson Heads to Nashville, Mena Suvari Joins NBC Comedy". TV Line. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- ↑ Morgan Jeffery (March 1, 2012). "'The Wire' star Robert Wisdom joins ABC's 'Nashville'". Digital Spy. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
- ↑ Nellie Andreeva (February 23, 2012). "Scott Foley To Star In 'Goodwin Games', Powers Boothe Joins 'Nashville'". Deadline.com. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
- ↑ Goldberg, Lesley (July 8, 2013). "'Nashville' Promotes Three to Series Regular (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
- ↑ Roots, Kimberly (February 19, 2013). "Nashville Exclusive: The O.C.‘s Chris Carmack Moves in as Scarlett and Gunnar’s [Spoiler]". TV Line. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Raferty, Liz. "Nashville: Which New Characters Will Shake Things Up in Season 2?". TV Guide. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
- ↑ Herring, Jessica Michele. "'Nashville' Season 2 Spoilers: Will Chase Joins Cast as Country Meg-Star, Romance to Rule Next Season". Latinos Post. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
- ↑ Andreeva, Nellie. "Oliver Hudson Joins 'Nashville' In Major Recurring Role". Deadline.com. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
- ↑ Nellie Andreeva (August 29, 2012). "Kimberly Williams-Paisley Joins ‘Nashville’, ’666 Park Ave’ & ‘Royal Pains’ Book Actors". Deadline.com. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
- ↑ Andriakos, Jacqueline (July 29, 2013). "'Sharknado' actress reels in 'Nashville' role | Inside TV | EW.com". Insidetv.ew.com. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
- ↑ Roots, Kimberly (July 23, 2013). "‘Nashville’ Season 2 Cast — Chaley Rose as Scarlett’s Friend Zoey". TVLine. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
- ↑ "Laura Benanti Joins ABC’s ‘Nashville’; Benjamin Ciaramello In ‘Secrets & Lies’". Deadline. July 30, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ↑ Samantha Highfill (August 11, 2014). "Brette Taylor joins third season of 'Nashville'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ↑ The Deadline Team (August 11, 2014). "Alexa Vega & Brette Taylor Join ‘Nashville’". Deadline. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
- ↑ "DWTS Vet Derek Hough Joins Nashville Season 3 for Multi-Episode Arc". TVLine. August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
- ↑ Richenthal, Matt. (August 14, 2013). "Charlie Bewley to Romance Juliette on Nashville Season 2." TVFanatic Casting News.
- ↑ Gold, Adam (May 17, 2012). "Music City goes prime-time with Nashville, a new series premiering this fall on ABC". Nashville Scene. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Nashville Adds Broadway Star as Openly Gay Country Singer". TVLine. January 23, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
- ↑ "Luke Bryan to film 'Nashville' scenes during 'GMA' appearance". Retrieved 10 August 2014.
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