The OA season 2 cast: Who is in the cast of The OA?

The OA season two dropped on Netflix on Friday, March 22 with all eight episodes hitting the platform at once. All eight episodes are on Netflix and are available to stream and download. You can sign up to a 30-day free trial of Netflix and once it’s finished, you can sign up for £7.99 per month to continue to access content on the platform.

Who is in the cast of The OA?

Prairie/The OA – Brit Marling

Brit Marling plays Prairie, or OA (the ‘original angel’), a young blind woman whose sight was restored in season one.

In the second season, Prairie enters a new dimension, where she is a Russian heiress.

Once again, Prairie is being held captive by Hap (played by Jason Isaacs).

Marling not only stars as the show’s main character, but she is also the co-creator, co-writer and executive producer of the series alongside Zal Batmanglij.

She is also well known for starring in the films Sound of My Voice, Another Earth and The East, all of which she co-wrote and starred as the lead role.

HOW TO WATCH THE OA ONLINE

Brit Marling plays Prairie, or OA (the ‘original angel’)

Brit Marling plays Prairie, or OA (the ‘original angel’) (Image: NETFLIX)

Dr Hunter ‘Hap’ Percy – Jason Isaacs

Jason Isaacs stars as experimental scientist Hap, who specialises in testing people who have experienced Near Death Experiences (NDEs).

As viewers will know, in season one Hap kidnapped Prairie and kept her in a glass cage in his basement, alongside other test subjects.

Hap is obsessed with the idea of NDEs and wants to use them as experiments to unlock an unknown world.

Isaacs is best known for playing Draco Malfoy’s father, Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series.

Other roles include Colonel William Lavington in The Patriot, Michael Caffee in Brotherhood, Captain Gabriel Lorca in Star Trek: Discovery and Georgy Zhukov in The Death of Stalin.

THE OA SEASON 2 ENDING EXPLAINED

The OA season 2 dropped on Netflix recently

The OA season 2 dropped on Netflix recently (Image: NETFLIX)

BBA – Phyllis Smith

Phyllis Smith stars as Elizabeth “Betty” Broderick-Allen in The OA season two.

Smith is best known for playing Phyllis Vance in The US Office from 2005 to 2013, for which she won two Actors Guild Awards.

She is also well recognised for voicing the character Sadness in the film Inside Out.

Homer (played by Emory Cohen), Scott (Will Brill) Rachel (Sharon Van Etten) and Renata (Paz Vega), other subjects of Hap will also feature in season two of the OA.

THE OA SEASON 2 RELEASE DATE, CAST, TRAILER, PLOT

Emory Cohen plays Homer in The OA

Emory Cohen plays Homer in The OA (Image: NETFLIX)

Joining the cast for season two of The OA is Vera’s Kingsley Ben-Adir and Rogue One’s Riz Ahmed, who reprises his role as FBI counsellor Elias Rahim.

Ben-Adir plays Karim Washington, a private detective who is in charge of investigating the disappearance of teenager Michelle Vu (Chloë Levine).

Speaking about The OA season two to Digital Spy, Kingsley said: “You could deconstruct it and say that it’s maybe the fact that all the kids are misfits and different, and there are some characters that we don’t normally see represented who are represented.

“The way that they come together is unusual. There’s so much individuality in it. I haven’t seen everything, but I can say, in my reference or my experience, I’ve never seen anything that’s even a tiny bit similar to The OA.”

 

The OA is streaming on Netflix now

The OA is streaming on Netflix now (Image: NETFLIX)

Riz Ahmed will play FBI counsellor Elias Rahim in season two of The OA, taking on a greater role.

Ahmed said: “The thing about The OA is that it’s definitely created a conversation – some people love it, some people aren’t so sure about it.

“But I think in these times when people are rehashing a lot of established properties or franchises, it takes a lot of guts to come out with something so left-field and bold and fresh.

“And a lot of people seem to be into it. People want to get lost in another world – TV offers the opportunity to immerse yourself in another world.

“In a time where people are claimed to have short attention spans, it’s really encouraging to see people make that investment for that attention. I think it was a show that captured a lot of people’s imaginations.“

Other returning cast members in the OA season two are:

  • Scott Wilson as Abel Johnson
  • Alice Krige as Nancy Johnson
  • Patrick Gibson as Steve Winchell
  • Brendan Meyer as Jesse
  • Brandon Perea as Alfonso “French” Sosa
  • Ian Alexander as Buck Vu

The OA is streaming on Netflix now

This article contains affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission on any sales of products or services we write about. This article was written completely independently, see more details here.

source: express.co.uk