{"id":507669,"date":"2026-04-01T20:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/507669\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T20:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:16:12","slug":"amaarae-dan-skinner-more-join-michaela-coel-in-first-day-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/507669\/","title":{"rendered":"Amaarae, Dan Skinner & More Join Michaela Coel In ‘First Day On Earth’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: HBO<\/a> and BBC<\/a> has rounded out the cast for First Day on Earth<\/a>, adding 20 in recurring\/guest roles. They will join Michaela Coel<\/a> in her new drama series, a followup to her award-winning\u00a0I May Destroy You.<\/p>\n

\n\tMusical artist Ama Serwah Genfi, known professionally as Amaare, will play Nana in her acting debut, along with \u00a0Bukky\u00a0Bakray\u00a0(Rocks) as Sunny,\u00a0Rakie Ayola\u00a0(Kaos) as Maame, Adam Lundgren\u00a0(The Restaurant) as Asger,\u00a0Ray BLK\u00a0(Champion) as Jacqueline,\u00a0Kobna\u00a0Holdbrook-Smith\u00a0(Wonka) as Steve,\u00a0Dan Skinner\u00a0(Notes on Blindness) as Chris,\u00a0Daniella Arthur-Kennedy\u00a0as Gladys,\u00a0Jameel\u00a0Buari\u00a0as Ronald (Forever in A Night),\u00a0Sam Delich\u00a0(Territory)) as\u00a0Klubeck\u00a0and\u00a0Fisayo\u00a0Akinade\u00a0(Heartstopper) as Adekunle.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tL-R: Jameel Buari, Sam Delich and Fisayo Akinade<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIke\/Chloe Paul\/Phil Sharp<\/p>\n

\n\tAdditional\u00a0casting includes\u00a0Michael Owusu\u00a0Addo\u00a0as Sarkodie,\u00a0Joselyn Dumas\u00a0as Jessica,\u00a0Sister Deborah\u00a0as Ama,\u00a0Adjetey\u00a0Anang\u00a0(Things We Do for Love)\u00a0as Edmund,\u00a0Akofa\u00a0Edjeani\u00a0\u00a0(I Sing of a Well)\u00a0as Athena,\u00a0Roselyn\u00a0Ngissah\u00a0(Adams Apple) as\u00a0Eresi,\u00a0Akrobeto\u00a0(Ensi Aga) as\u00a0Honam,\u00a0Godwin\u00a0Namboe\u00a0(Potomanto) playing a\u00a0police\u00a0officer and\u00a0Lady Jay\u00a0as\u00a0herself.<\/p>\n

\n\tWritten by Coel, the series follows\u00a0Henri (Coel),\u00a0British-Ghanaian\u00a0novelist who\u00a0is on the run \u2013 from herself, her life, her partner, and that weird guy at her book talk. When she ends up in Ghana, her ancestral homeland, she finds herself submerged in an altogether different world. Amidst new friends, fresh joy, and many different and nuanced relationships, Henri also finds secrets, lies, difficulty, and denial \u2013 leading her to question everything about herself, her heritage, and her family.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIn addition to Coel, the previously announced cast includes Thandiwe\u00a0Newton, Maxine Peake, Danny\u00a0Sapani, and\u00a0Ncuti\u00a0Gatwa.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tFirst Day On Earth is co-produced by HBO and the BBC, and executive produced by Coel, Sam Miller, Jesse Armstrong, Phil Clarke, and Roberto Troni for Various Artists Limited, Jo McClellan for the BBC, and A24. Johann Knobel will produce; Coel and Miller will direct.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tGenfi (Amaarae) is repped by Paradigm Talent Agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: HBO and BBC has rounded out the cast for First Day on Earth, adding 20 in recurring\/guest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[243,96,177959,1636,177917,391,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-507669","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-first-day-on-earth","11":"tag-hbo","12":"tag-michaela-coel","13":"tag-tv","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}