{"id":369703,"date":"2026-04-08T15:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/369703\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:17:07","slug":"uma-thurman-to-return-as-charley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/369703\/","title":{"rendered":"Uma Thurman to Return as Charley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/uma-thurman\/\" id=\"auto-tag_uma-thurman\" data-tag=\"uma-thurman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Uma Thurman<\/a> is returning for \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/dexter-resurrection\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dexter-resurrection\" data-tag=\"dexter-resurrection\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dexter: Resurrection<\/a>\u201d Season 2. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tVariety has learned that Thurman will be back for the sophomore outing of the Paramount+ Premium series, reprising her role as Charley, a former Special Ops officer who worked for Leon Prater (Peter Dinklage). At the end of Season 1, Charley broke from Prater and fled New York to take care of her terminally ill mother. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThurman is the latest casting announcement for the second season of \u201cDexter: Resurrection.\u201d It was previously announced that <a data-id=\"1236700868\" data-type=\"post\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/dexter-resurrection-season-2-cast-brian-cox-new-york-ripper-1236700868\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Cox would be joining the new season<\/a> in the role of Don Framt, also known as the notorious serial killer the New York Ripper. And of course Michael C. Hall will be back as titular killer of killers Dexter Morgan. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAlthough Thurman is best known for her feature roles, she was previously nominated for an Emmy for her guest role in the series \u201cSmash\u201d and won a Golden Globe for her work in the HBO film \u201cHysterical Blindness.\u201d She also recently appeared in the shows \u201cSuper Pumped\u201d and \u201cSuspicion.\u201d Thurman was nominated for an Academy Award for \u201cPulp Fiction\u201d in 1995. She went on to collaborate again with \u201cPulp Fiction\u2019s \u201cQuentin Tarantino in the two \u201cKill Bill\u201d films. Her recent credits include the films \u201cOh Canada,\u201d \u201cRed, White, and Royal Blue,\u201d and \u201cHollywood Stargirl.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tShe is repped by CAA, Untitled Entertainment, Jonathan Sanders &amp; Co, and Hansen Jacobson. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cDexter: Resurrection\u201d was developed by original series helmer Clyde Phillips, who also serves as showrunner and executive producer on the new series. Hall executive produces in addition to starring. Scott Reynolds, Marcos Siega, Tony Hernandez, and Lilly Burns executive produce along with John Goldwyn and Sara Colleton, Veronica West, Kirsa Rein, and Tanner Bean &amp; Katrina Mathewson. The series is produced by Paramount Television Studios and Counterpart Studios.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Uma Thurman is returning for \u201cDexter: Resurrection\u201d Season 2. 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