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The Originals

2013

The Vampire Diaries spin-off that follows the Mikaelsons, a family of millennia-old, power-hungry vampires who want to reclaim the city they built, New Orleans, and dominate all those who have wronged them.

Summer Fontana

Cast · Known for The Originals

Child actress who joined The CW drama The Originals in the show's fourth season in the role of Hope Mikaelson. Her extremely popular character has been made into a spin-off show titled Legacies for the CW. She had a role in the 2016 comedy Office Christmas Party opposite Jennifer Aniston. Summer can next be seen as Young Jean Grey in the highly anticipated feature Dark Phoenix. The next installment in the XMen franchise, and directed by Simon Kinberg. Her mother's name is Meredith Fontana.

Claire Holt

Cast · Known for The Originals, The Vampire Diaries

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Claire Rhiannon Holt (born 11 June 1988) is an Australian actress, best known for her roles as Emma Gilbert on the television show H2O: Just Add Water, Chastity Meyer on Mean Girls 2, and Rebekah Mikaelson on The CW series The Vampire Diaries and its spin-off series The Originals.Holt was born in Brisbane, Australia. She graduated from Stuartholme School in Toowong at the end of 2005. She is involved in several sports: swimming, volleyball, water polo, and Tae-Kwon-Do, in which she has a black belt. When she was younger, she was in the school choir.

Kathryn Kelly

Kathryn Kelly is an American actress from Atlanta. She is best known for Nashville (2017-) and The Originals (2016). She began in theatre later finding a love for film. She then studied in Los Angeles at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts where she transitioned into her film work. Kathryn continues her ongoing studies at Drama Inc. while based in Atlanta.

Sebastian Roché

Cast · Known for The Originals, The Adventures of Tintin, Fringe

Sebastian Roché is a Scottish-French actor and writer known for his roles as Kurt Mendel on Odyssey 5, , Thomas Jerome Newton on Fringe, Balthazar on Supernatural, and Mikael Mikaelson on both The Vampire Diaries and The Originals.

Steven Krueger

Cast · Known for The Originals, Goosebumps

Steven Krueger (born May 25, 1989) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Coach Ben Scott on the hit Showtime series Yellowjackets and as Josh Rosza on CW's The Originals. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Javier Carrasquillo

Javier Carrasquillo is an actor, known for Army Wives (2007), Freelancers (2012) and The Originals (2013).

Joseph Morgan

Cast · Known for The Originals, The Vampire Diaries

Joseph Morgan (born Joseph Martin; 16 May 1981) is a British actor and director. He is best known for his role as Niklaus "Klaus" Mikaelson on The CW's The Vampire Diaries and its spin-off The Originals, in which he is the lead.

Michael A. Allowitz

Director · Known for The Vampire Diaries

Michael A. Allowitz (born 1964) is an American television director and producer. He is well known for his work on The CW's The Vampire Diaries and The Originals. He began his illustrious career in first assistant directing with the 1992 film The Prom. He would work in the same capacity on such other features as: Saints and Sinner, Slums of Beverly Hills, Cruel Intentions, and Bring It On Again. He worked as first AD on the TV series The Comeback and In Treatment, before going on to serve in the position on his seminal series The Vampire Diaries. After serving as first AD on Diaires for 27 episodes, Allowitz sieged to director. He has helmed 11 episodes of the series, including "Christmas Through Your Eyes". He has gone on to direct for sister series The Originals, Containment, Freakish and The Flash.

Caspar Zafer

Caspar Zafer is an English actor. Zafer spent much of his childhood and early life in The Middle East. He trained in theatre at The Oxford School of Drama. From 2001 to 2002 he performed in the television series Dream Team. Following this the movie La Femme Musketeer he held the role of Gaston Athos. Following years he had engagements in different television- and movie productions including Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers starring alongside Sophia Loren and F. Murray Abraham in 2004, True True Lie and Tirant lo Blanc in 2006 where he played the lead. Following this he starred in numerous films until moving to U.S TV In 2012 where he had the role from the original vampire Finn Mikaelson in the television series The Vampire Diaries. He starred in The Originals on the CW, reprising his role as Finn Mikaelson in his original body. Zafer is also a world record holder in Ocean rowing. In August 2014 he won the Great Pacific Race along with three others in their boat Uniting Nations. They became the first four-man crew to row 2400 miles from Mainland United States (Monterey) to Wakiki Hawaii. They are also the fastest crossing the Pacific in 43 days.

Yusuf Gatewood

Cast · Known for The Originals

Yusuf Gatewood (born September 12, 1982) is an American actor best known for playing Vincent Griffith in The Originals and Doug in the 2005 film The Interpreter. His television work includes guest roles on the television series Hack (2003), Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2003), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2006) and CSI: Miami (2007). In 2020, he played the main cast role of Raymond Chestnut for season 2 of The Umbrella Academy.

Colin Woodell

Cast · Known for The Originals

Colin Woodell is an American actor born on December 20, 1991 in San Francisco, California. He is known for playing Ethan Sinclair in Devious Maids and Aiden in The Originals.

Maisie Richardson-Sellers

Cast · Known for Insidious: Out of the Further, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, The Originals

Maisie Richardson-Sellers is an English actress. She is known for her role as Amaya Jiwe / Charlie in DC's Legends of Tomorrow series, as well as Rebekah Mikaelson / Eva Sinclair in The CW series The Originals, and also for her starring role as the daughter of King Saul of Israel, Michal, in the ABC. Bible Series Kings and Prophets. Actress best known for her starring role as Rebekah Mikaelson on The CW's The Originals. She is also known for her portrayal of Korr Sella in the 2015 feature film Star Wars: The Force Awakens. His other credits include Legends of Tomorrow and Of Kings and Prophets. Daughter of stage actor Joy Richardson, she grew up in England and performed in many plays during her youth. Before launching her acting career in the cinema, she obtained degrees in anthropology and archeology at the University of Oxford. She and Joseph Morgan are both known for their work in The Originals. In 2015, she entered production for the upcoming ABC series Of Kings And Prophets.

Latasha Bryant

Latasha Bryant is a dancer, choreographer, creative director, actress and CEO of Heel Talk LLC. Some of her credits include The Color Purple (2023), The Originals (2013) and Lemonade (2016).

Alkoya Brunson

Alkoya Brunson (born 22 November 2002) is an American actor. He is widely known for his role as Kenneth Vaughn in the 2016 historical drama Hidden Figures. He has also gained acclaim for his season 4 turn as Adam on The CW series The Originals. He made his first on-screen appearance in 2013 in the TV film Let the Church Say Amen. In 2015, he appeared in the comedy film Vacation as Gary Peterson. He subsequently appeared in the 2016 historical drama The Birth of a Nation. In 2016, he appeared alongside prominent actors Mahershala Ali, Taraji P. Henson, and Nate Parker in the films Hidden Figures and The Birth of a Nation.

Blu Hunt

Blu Hunt (born July 11, 1995) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Inadu/The Hollow in The CW supernatural drama series The Originals (2017) and as August Catawnee in the Netflix science fiction drama series Another Life (2019–2022). Hunt made her film debut as Danielle Moonstar / Mirage in the superhero film The New Mutants (2020), which is part of the X-Men film series.

Candice King

Cast · Known for The Vampire Diaries

Candice Rene King (née Accola, born May 13, 1987) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Caroline Forbes in The CW supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries and her recurring role as the same character on the spin-off series The Originals and Legacies. In December 2006, King released her debut album, It's Always the Innocent Ones, independently in the United States. King toured as a backing singer for Miley Cyrus's Best of Both Worlds Tour. She appeared as herself in the 2008 3D concert film Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert. Accola had guest appearances in a number of television series such as How I Met Your Mother, Supernatural, Drop Dead Diva, and The Oriville.

Claudia Black

Cast · Known for Farscape, Stargate SG-1, Rango

Claudia Lee Black is an Australian actress and voice actress, best known for her portrayals of Aeryn Sun in Farscape, Vala Mal Doran in Stargate SG-1 and Sharon "Shazza" Montgomery in the film Pitch Black. She has had prominent roles in video games, such as Chloe Frazer in Uncharted, Morrigan in Dragon Age, Admiral Daro'Xen and Matriarch Aethyta in Mass Effect and Samantha Byrne in Gears of War 3, Gears of War 4, and Gears of War 5. She also had a recurring role as Dahlia in The Originals and starred as Dr. Sabine Lommers in The CW's Containment. Black was born and raised in a Jewish family in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She studied at the Anglican Kambala School, in Sydney. She has lived in Australia, New Zealand, Spain, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. Her parents are Australian medical academics Jules and Judy Black. Since 2007, Black has been a prolific video game voice actress. She has gained particular attention for her work with BioWare's Dragon Age and Mass Effect series. Her son Odin Black voiced her Dragon Age character's son in Dragon Age: Inquisition. She also played Chloe Frazer in the Uncharted series. In 2014 she voices the vendor Tess Everis in the game Destiny and again in 2017 for Destiny 2 and she she had a voice-over role in Rick and Morty as Ma-Sha in the episode "Rasing Gazorpaso". In 2016, she appeared in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare as Engineer Audrey "Mac" MaCallum and n 2008, she narrated the audiobook "Swallowing Darkness" by Laurell K. Hamilton. This page is based on a Wikipedia article written by contributors. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.

Charles Michael Davis

Cast · Known for The Originals, NCIS: New Orleans

Charles Michael Davis is of African American and Filipino descent. His father is from Kentucky and his mother is from Manila. Davis got his start with Jake Lang at Wings Model Management in Cincinnati, Ohio and later attended the talent agency Actors, Models, and Talent for Christ (AMTC) event. Davis has done print modeling and commercials for Nike and Footlocker. Davis has had guest and recurring appearances in several notable television shows, including That's So Raven, Switched at Birth, and Grey's Anatomy. In 2011, he landed a recurring role on (BET) The Game as Kwan Kirkland, a quarterback for the San Diego Sabers. In February 2013, it was announced that Davis was cast in a lead role on (CW) new show The Originals, a spinoff of The Vampire Diaries, centered on the Original Family as they move to New Orleans, where Davis' character (a vampire named Marcel) currently rules.

Brody Wellmaker

Brody Wellmaker was born in Grayson, Georgia to Staci and Tim Wellmaker. He is the third of six children. He has two older brothers, two younger brothers and one younger sister. Brody majored in Acting at the University of North Georgia and Brenau University. After attending school in Gainesville, he pursued his acting career and moved to Atlanta. Shortly after moving to Atlanta he signed on with Aligned Stars Agency and has been working towards stardom ever since. As of 2014 he lives with his girlfriend and a household of animals that he considers his children in Atlanta. An accomplished singer, Brody has shared the stage with some of Atlanta's most talented artists such as David DeVries and Alan Kilpatrick. He performed as DeVries' lover in Gainesville Theatre Alliance's production of "The Producers" as Carmen Ghia. Brody has worked on both "The Originals" and "Vampire Diaries." His scene in "The Originals" never made it to the final cut which allowed him to accept an offer for "Vampire Diaries." In his spare time, Brody plays guitar, ultimate frisbee, cards, and loves spending time with his large family at home in Grayson.

Jedidiah Goodacre

Jedidiah Goodacre is a Canadian actor known for his role as Chad Charming, son of Cinderella, in the Descendants films, his roles in Tomorrowland, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, The Order, Legacies, The Originals and others. He has also been seen in television movies: If There Be Thorns, Zapped, and Restless Virgins.

Chase Coleman

Chase Coleman (born March 20, 1985) is an American actor, director, and musician. Coleman portrayed the character of Billy Winslow in the HBO TV series Boardwalk Empire and the werewolf, Oliver, on the CW spin-off series, The Originals.

Rebecca Breeds

Cast · Known for The Originals

Rebecca Elizabeth Breeds (born 17 June 1987) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her lead roles as Ruby Buckton on the Seven Network soap opera Home and Away (2008–2012) and Clarice Starling on the CBS crime drama series Clarice (2021). Breeds is also known for her supporting roles as Nicole Gordon on the sixth and seventh seasons of the Freeform mystery teen drama series Pretty Little Liars (2015–2017) and Aurora de Martel on the third season of The CW fantasy supernatural drama series The Originals (2015–2016) and its spin-off series Legacies (2021–2022). Breeds was born in Sydney. She attended St Andrew's Cathedral School, where she was made Drama Captain. For six months, she studied a double degree in music and performing arts at University of New South Wales, but she deferred her studies for a film role. Breeds began her acting career with appearances in television commercials. She landed her first lead role as Leah Pointin in the 2008 Australian film Newcastle. Breeds played Cassie Cometti in the third series of Blue Water High. It was during filming on Blue Water High that she successfully auditioned for the role of Ruby Buckton on Home and Away, and her first scenes aired in June 2008. For her portrayal of Ruby, Breeds earned two Logie Award nominations, including Most Popular Actress in 2010. In June 2012, TV Week's Erin Miller reported that Breeds had filmed her final scenes and had left Home and Away after four years. The actress made her last appearance as Ruby during the episode broadcast on 15 August 2012. In August 2012, Nellie Andreeva from Deadline.com announced that Breeds had been cast in Rob Greenberg's We Are Men as Abby Russo. We Are Men marked her first US television role, however, the show was cancelled after poor ratings. Breeds also appears in the 2013 Hindi-language Bollywood film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. In 2015, Breeds appeared in the sixth season of Pretty Little Liars and was cast as Aurora in the supernatural series The Originals. Breeds played Molly Meldrum's fiancée Camille in the 2016 miniseries Molly. On 19 February 2016, it was announced that Breeds would star in Miranda's Rights, a legal soap about a group of lawyers who work and live together. Breeds was cast as the title character Miranda Coale after a competitive audition process, however the pilot was never aired. Breeds plays one of two leads in Ben Elton's 2017 romantic comedy film Three Summers. She also appears in Partho Sen-Gupta's 2018 feature film Slam. On 26 February 2020, she was cast as Clarice Starling in the CBS series Clarice, which is set three years after the events of The Silence of the Lambs. The series was approved by CBS on 8 May 2020 for the 2020–2021 television season. CBS planned to relocate Clarice to Paramount+ for its second season, but in June 2021 it was announced the deal was "unlikely" to happen. In late 2021, Breeds reprised her role of Aurora de Martel in season 4 of The Originals spin-off Legacies. Jillian Fabiano of E! Online confirmed that Breeds would have a recurring role on the series.

David Shae

David Shae is an Actor from Rhode Island currently based in Atlanta, GA. David's first taste of acting was in High School, within his sketch group The Blueberry Johnsons. David and his best friends wrote and performed SNL style sketches, touring the local club scene in Providence, RI. From there, David moved to Los Angeles, embarking on the path to a professional career. He was accepted to the University of Southern California, where he lived off-campus in the Delta Chi fraternity house. He completed his college curriculum during the day, followed by acting classes at night. His mentors included the likes of Janet Alhanti, Margie Haber, and Ivana Chubbuck. Their training led to many smaller roles in independent productions. But it wasn't until his move to The South when David's career really started gaining traction. His first major network production was an episode of House Of Cards, playing Buha - press secretary to Joel Kinnaman - in an episode directed by Robin Wright. This led to more television gigs, such as The Gifted, Lodge 49, The Originals, and many others. From there, David began entering the world of feature films, with a supporting role in Gemini Man, directed by the Oscar-winning director Ang Lee. Currently, he continues to act in both mediums. While not working, David is involved with local charitable pursuits, such as using 'improv as therapy' to children with behavioral complications. He also immerses himself in anything animal related, as his rescued dog Tess has been by his side for 13 years now, enriching his life immeasurably.