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The Last of Us Season 2: Who will play Abby, Dina, Jesse and all new characters?
The second game in the saga was full of additions (it even had a new co-star), and HBO has already announced some of the casting that will bring them to life.
Update 1 (March 1st, 2024) - A new set of actors have been announced to play Many, Mel, Nora and Owen. We have updated our gallery to reflect the new additions to The Last of Us Season 2 growing cast.
The Last of Us Season 2: Who will play Abby, Dina, Jesse and all new characters?
Abby Anderson
Actress Kaitlyn Dever ('Booksmart', 'Unbelievable') will play Abby Anderson, the co-star of the second game.
Dina
Isabela Merced ('Transformers: The Last Knight', 'Dora and the Lost City of Gold') will play Dinah, Ellie's girlfriend.
Jesse
Young Mazino ('Beef') will play Jesse, Dina's ex-boyfriend and Ellie's friend.
Ellie Williams
Ellie will continue to be played by Bella Ramsey (Lyanna Mormont in 'Game of Thrones').
Joel Miller
And Joel, Pedro Pascal ('Narcos', 'The Mandalorian').
Tommy Miller
Tommy will also appear in the second season, which marks the return to the series of Gabriel Luna ('Terminator: Dark Fate', 'Agents of SHIELD').
Manny Alvarez
Manny is a Close friend and Abby's roomate, former WLF and Firefly, will be played by Danny Ramirez ('The Falcon and the Winter Soldier', 'Top Gun: Maverick')
Mel
Abby's friend, but current girlfriend of Owen, with whom she is pregnant, will be played by Ariela Barer ('Runaways', 'Oddities').
Nora Harris
Nora is Abby's friend who will defender her to the very end, will be played by Tati Gabrielle ('Chilling Adventures of Sabrina', 'Uncharted')
Owen Moore
Spencer Lord ('Family Law', 'The Good Doctor' ) will play Abby's ex-boyfriend, and a former Firefly, who still has a crush on him
Lev
Now let's look at some of the characters for which we still need to know their actors. This is the case of Lev, who accompanies Abby for most of the game.
Yara
Lev's sister, whom she will try to defend, even if it puts her at odds with her entire community and makes her wary of Abby herself.
Jerry Anderson
Abby's father. The surgeon who was going to operate on Ellie and was killed by Joel to save her. The origin of all the conflict in the second game and its main theme: revenge.
Jordan
Part of Abby's group. He will leave us several bloody encounters with Ellie.