EXCLUSIVE: Ever Carradine (The Handmaid’s Tale) has been cast in a key recurring role for the upcoming second season of Prime Video‘s Ballard.
Inspired by the work of bestselling author Michael Connelly, the Bosch spinoff follows Detective Renée Ballard (Q) as she leads the LAPD’s new and underfunded cold case division, tackling the city’s most challenging long-forgotten crimes. As she peels back layers of crimes spanning decades, including a serial killer’s string of murders and a murdered John Doe, she soon uncovers a dangerous conspiracy within the LAPD. With the help of her volunteer team and retired detective Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver), Detective Ballard navigates personal trauma, professional challenges, and life-threatening dangers to expose the truth.
Carradine will play Lauren Sousa, a devoted mother whose past involvement in an influential spiritual movement continues to shape her present. Resilient and relentless, she’s driven by one goal: protecting her daughter at any cost.
In addition to Maggie Q and Welliver, the cast includes Courtney Taylor, Michael Mosley, Rebecca Field, Victoria Moroles, Amy Hill and John Carroll Lynch. As we reported exclusively Monday, Benjamin Bratt also will recur in Season 2.
Ballard is executive produced by Michael Connelly, Henrik Bastin, Michael Alaimo, Kendall Sherwood, Trish Hofmann, Jet Wilkinson, and Melissa Aouate. Jasmine Russ serves as co-executive producer under Fabel Entertainment. Jamie Boscardin Martin and Trey Batchelor also serve as co-executive producers. Theresa Snider serves as co-executive producer for Hieronymus Pictures.
Ever portrayed Naomi Putnam on all six seasons of The Handmaid’s Tale, heavily recurring for seasons 1-5 and upped to series regular for the final season. She also was a series regular on Marvel’s Runaways. Her other series credits include Goliath, Major Crimes, and Will & Grace, among others. Carradine is repped by Gersh and Quest Entertainment & Management.
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