HBO’s 'The White Lotus' Season 4 Stacks Another Big Name With a 'Severance' Star

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Published Feb 11, 2026, 12:13 AM EST

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The new guests just keep arriving at The White Lotus. The fourth season of HBO's acclaimed dark dramedy anthology is adding another notable name to its cast. Actor and comedian Sandra Bernhard will be jetting off to France with the rest of the show's new cast.

According to reports, Bernhard's role, like that of her fellow new cast members, is being kept under wraps for now. She joins Helena Bonham Carter (Fight Club), Steve Coogan (I'm Alan Partridge), Caleb Jonte Edwards (Black Snow), Alexander Ludwig (The Hunger Games), Chris Messina (The Mindy Project), AJ Michalka (The Goldbergs), and newcomer Marissa Long. Like all previous seasons, the series will be set at a luxury resort operated by the fictional White Lotus corporation; judging by the previous three seasons, season 4 will likely also climax with the death of a guest or staff member. After previous seasons took place in Hawaii, Italy, and Thailand, this season will move the action to France; it will be filmed at a 19th-century palace-turned-luxury hotel, the Château de La Messardière, in Saint-Tropez on the Côte d’Azur. It will also film in Paris and on the French Riviera, and may coincide with the Cannes Film Festival.

Who Is Sandra Bernhard?

A native of Flint, Michigan, Bernhard began to gain attention as a stand-up comedian in the late 1970s; she became a household name when Martin Scorsese cast her as obsessive stalker Masha in 1981's The King of Comedy. She was a frequent guest on Late Night with David Letterman, and often collaborated with her close friend and fellow Michigander Madonna. Openly bisexual, she recurred on Roseanne as Nancy, one of the first bisexual characters on American network television. Other notable film roles include Hudson Hawk, Babes, and last year's A24 hit Marty Supreme. She has also recurred on The L Word, Brooklyn Nine-Nine (as the mother of Chelsea Peretti's character), and 2 Broke Girls. She recently starred on AppleTV's Severance as Nurse Cecily, and guested on Percy Jackson and the Olympians as Anger, one of the Gray Sisters.

The White Lotus is created, written, and directed by one-man band Mike White. Initially intended as a miniseries, its smash success in its first season resulted in its expansion into an anthology series, following a new group of guests and staff members every season. It has won 16 Primetime Emmy Awards to date.

Season 4 of The White Lotus is in pre-production; no release date has yet been announced. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.