EXCLUSIVE: AMC‘s The Audacity has promoted Jess McLeod (Normal, She’s Nonbinary) to series regular for the show’s upcoming second season.
McLeod brings to life the character of Harper, the brilliant, pink-haired Chief Technology Officer of the data-mining startup Hypergnosis; a gifted programmer and visionary technologist, they’ve created an algorithm capable of uncovering even the most protected private data.
From creator, writer, and executive producer Jonathan Glatzer, The Audacity is set inside the bubble of Silicon Valley and takes on the warped dreams, outsized egos, and ethical lapses of the self-styled inventors of the future. In a world of jaded billionaires, psychiatrist-gurus, bio-hacked tech bros, AI labs, and disillusioned teens being optimized in elite private schools, an audacious data-mining CEO (Magnussen) strives to turn insight and influence into profit and power. The darkly comedic drama confronts reality, privacy, and the delusions fueling our ever-changing world.
In addition to McLeod, the series also stars Billy Magnussen, Sarah Goldberg, Zach Galifianakis, Lucy Punch, Simon Helberg, and Rob Corddry.
AMC renewed The Audacity in March, ahead of the Silicon Valley drama’s Season 1 premiere. Season 2 will also consist of 10 episodes.
McLeod is a trans, nonbinary actor and filmmaker. This year, they appear in a pivotal role in the Bob Odenkirk starrer, Normal, and in the slasher comedy Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, which opened Cannes Un Certain Regard. Their short, She’s Nonbinary, was executive produced by Odenkirk and Jane Schoenbrun, and will have its New York premiere later this month at Tribeca Film Festival. McLeod wrote, directed, and starred in the film. The feature version is in development, and one of a select few features invited to the Tribeca Creators Market. She’s Nonbinary will also debut in Los Angeles at Dances with Films and in London at Raindance Film Festival.
McLeod is repped by OPE Partners and Lauren Levitt & Associates.
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