List of Younger characters
Younger is an American comedy-drama television series created by Darren Star that premiered on March 31, 2015 on TV Land. The series is produced by Darren Star Productions and Jax Media, with Star serving as showrunner. The series features an ensemble cast consisting of Sutton Foster, Debi Mazar, Miriam Shor, Nico Tortorella, Hilary Duff, Molly Bernard, Charles Michael Davis, and Peter Hermann. Following is a list of characters who have appeared over the various seasons since the series' inception.
Overview[edit]
Main characters[edit]
Liza Miller[edit]
Liza Miller (portrayed by Sutton Foster) is Caitlin's mother, David's ex-wife, and co-founder of the Millennial imprint. She was assistant to Diana Trout at Empirical Press and is currently the editor of Millennial. Foster was cast in the role in December 2013.[1]
Following her first child's birth, Liza took a hiatus from her career in the publishing industry to focus on her family. Fifteen years later, she starts looking out for a job in the industry after she discovers that her husband David was cheating on her with a younger woman whereas their house is being threatened to be given to the bank since the debts are too high due to David's gambling addiction. After meeting Josh in a pub in Brooklyn and he misjudged her as 20-something woman, she is helped by her long-time friend Maggie in a makeover to look younger. She fakes her identity documents and manages to be hired as Diana Trout's assistant at Empirical Press, a publishing company.[2] While trying to comprehend the Millennials' slang and behaviors, Liza takes care of her daughter Caitlin, who is studying in India, and avoids her ex-husband, David, who has a gambling addiction. When Caitlin returns to the United States, she moves in with Liza and Maggie. Liza tries to reveal her her secret, unsuccessfully.[3]
In the first season, Liza finds a book titled The Scarf among rejected works and finds potential in it; she organizes a meeting of her old book club to read it and the reactions are positive.[4] Digitally, several readers and potential readers begin a campaign to force Empirical to publish the book, as well as sending the company several scarves as a request for publication.[5] The book ends up being revealed as a plagiarism of a novel called The Babuskha, attracting bad attention to Liza.[5] She later begins reviewing Megyn Vernoff's novel New Tricks, which discuss a woman's sexual reawakening after her 40s.[6] Liza's age secret is nearly exposed after Cheryl Sussman, a woman with whom she worked 14 years earlier, threatens her in exchange of secret data from Empirical. Liza responds by threatening her back with screenshots of the emails they sent each other regarding the secret information.[7]
During the first season, Liza develops a romantic relationship with Josh,[8] whereas getting closer to Charles, Empirical's publisher.[9] She and Charles flirt for the first time when she babysits his daughters.[9] Liza and Josh break up when she reveals her age secret,[6] but reconcile after she asks for a new beginning with him.[7]
Maggie Amato[edit]
Maggie Amato (portrayed by Debi Mazar) is a lesbian artist and Liza's 40-something long-time best friend and roommate. In the first season, Maggie helps Liza in a makeover to look younger, thus succeeding at getting a job.[2][8] Throughout the seasons, Maggie's story lines are mostly centered around her art and romantic life. Mazar was cast in the role in February 2014.[10] In the sixth season, Maggie assists Clare's childbirth, which prompts in her a fear of vaginas; Lauren introduces her to a help group on the subject and Maggie has a date with Beth, the group's leader.[11] She later dates Rafa, a man who turns out to be a homophobic by considering himself a "flipper," after having sex with more than one lesbian.[12]
Diana Trout[edit]
Diana Trout (portrayed by Miriam Shor) is introduced as the head of marketing at Empirical Press, who hires Liza as her assistant and has a fierce and selfish-in-the-surface attitude.[2] Her relationship with Liza is initially troubled due to her neediness, but throughout the series it grows into confidentiality. Subscribed in dating websites, Diana is looking out for romantic relationships[13] although she has a secret crush for Charles. In the second season, she is assigned by Charles to organize a dinner with Bobby Flay, which ends up shamefully when one of Diana's teeth falls off during the meeting.[3]
In the sixth season, Diana continues her relationship with Enzo while consolidating her permanence at Millennial after Kelsey is made publisher.[14] Bronwyn Madigan, an author who join Millennial to publish an audiobook, selects Diana to be the narrator.[15] After Enzo proposes to Diana and she accepts,[16] she chooses Liza to be her maid of honor. However, after Liza's secret is exposed by Pauline, Diana has a emotional arguing with Liza, ultimately reconciling with her.[17] Lauren, Maggie, Kelsey, and Liza throw a surprise bachelorette party for Diana.[18] Afterwards, Diana and Enzo get married in church.[19]
Shor was cast in the role in January 2014.[20]
Josh[edit]
Josh (portrayed by Nico Tortorella) is a tattoo artist with a studio in Brooklyn who meets Liza in a pub and misjudges her as a younger woman. He grew up in a small town in West Virginia.[8] After high school, he traveled a lot and met a tattoo artist in Tokyo that inspired him to become one himself.[8] He met Liza in the series premiere and misjudged her as a 20-something woman; they soon start a romantic relationship that ends when she reveals her age secret to him.[6] They soon reconcile when Liza shows him several moments from her real life.[7] In the fourth season, Josh begins a relationship with Clare, a bartender, after Liza set them up.[21][22] An Irish, Clare soon reveals to him that she is in the United States via a visa that would expire soon.[23] Afterwards, he travels to Ireland to marry her and get her a green card.[24] However, it is soon revealed to Josh that Clare was marrying exclusively to get the green card and their relationship ends. In the fifth season, Clare appears at Josh's apartment carrying their child.[25] In the sixth season, he experiences fatherhood and grows closer to both Clare and baby Gemma.[26][15]
Kelsey Peters[edit]
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Kelsey Peters (portrayed by Hilary Duff) is the publisher, co-founder and co-owner of Millennial. Duff was cast in the role in January 2014.[27]
She started working at Empirical Press right after college, beginning as an assistant, and became a junior editor one-and-a-half year later.[2] In the first season, Kelsey quickly befriends Liza and introduces her to Lauren, a friend, and Thad, her boyfriend. She begins an affair with Swedish author Anton Björnberg, whose 600-page book could potentially lift up her career and reputation inside Empirical Press.[28] During Anton's wife Annika's visit in New York City, she discovers their affair, which eventually ends.[9] Kelsey later tells Thad about the affair and he shares a similar experience as well.[6]
In the sixth season, Kelsey is consolidated as Millennial's publisher and experiences handling the company's financial issues and a competition with Charles and Zane's new imprint Mercury.[29]
Charles Brooks[edit]
Charles Brooks (portrayed by Peter Hermann) is introduced as a publishing businessman who inherited Empirical Press, where he is the publisher.[30] He is Pauline's ex-husband, Bianca and Nicole's father, and is currently dating Liza.
In the first season, he and Liza flirt for the first time when she babysits his daughters.[9]
In the sixth season, Charles and Zane launch a small publishing company named Mercury.[11] He and Liza start competing after Mercury conquers authors who were initially pitching to Millennial. Their initially-healthy rivalry end up in an argue about Charles being the legal owner of both Mercury and Millennial.[15] To end the competition and protect his relationship with Kelsey and Liza, Charles sells Mercury to Empirical for one dollar.[31]
After recurring in the first season, Hermann was promoted to a series regular capacity for the second season onward.[lower-alpha 2]
Lauren Heller[edit]
Lauren Heller (portrayed by Molly Bernard) is first introduced as friend of Kelsey's who works as a publicist at Hector & Dorf.[2] A social media celebrity, she is constantly feeding her online profiles with content supporting the LGBT community and movements of female empowerment, such as the hashtag "ToplessTuesday", in which women publish topless pictures to support other women, something Lauren did.[8] She lives with her parents alongside Kelsey.[5] In the sixth season, she creates an Instagram profile for Josh's baby Gemma that quickly becomes famous and influential.[15] After recurring in the first season, Bernard was promoted in June 2015 to a series regular capacity for the second season onward.[32]
Zane Anders[edit]
Zane Anders (portrayed by Charles Michael Davis) is introduced in the fourth season as an editor from Lachlan Flynn's publishing house who asks Kelsey out on a date.[33] Their relationship quickly becomes competitive, including a discussion via Twitter, leading to Anders steal Edward L.L. Moore from Kelsey.[34] He is eventually hired as a senior editor in Empirical, moving the competition to Kelsey's workplace.[35] In the fifth season, they maintain a sexual relationship whilst working in Jake Devereux's memoir, which ultimately creates a drift between them when Kelsey starts dating Jake and the latter pushes Zane away from the book.[36]
Later in the season, Zane and Kelsey seem to rebound again after he helps her pass through a drunk night.[37] In the sixth season, Zane quits Empirical and starts a secret project with Charles.[14] Being outside the company, his friendship with Kelsey quickly turns into romance.[26] His project with Charles is revealed to be a publishing company named Mercury.[11] After recurring the fourth season, Davis was promoted in February 2018 to a series regular capacity for the fifth season onward.[38]
Supporting characters[edit]
Introduced in season one[edit]
- Caitlin Miller (portrayed by Tessa Albertson) is Liza and David's daughter, introduced as a college student having classes in India.[2][8] In the second season, she returns to the United States and accepts a job offer from her father, moving in with him.[39] In the third season, Caitlin's roommates' parents are introduced to Liza, who eventually learns that they are friends with Charles.[40]
- Thad Steadman (portrayed by Dan Amboyer) was Kelsey's sneaky and sexist boyfriend.[2]
- Anton Björnberg (portrayed by Thorbjørn Harr) is a Swedish author who wrote a 600-page book about his life and is introduced looking for a publishing house to publish the English version of the book. After hiring Empirical, he eventually starts an affair with Kelsey.[28] For his book, he wins a PEN Scadinavian Prize. As he sends his wife the recently-written pages of his forthcoming book, she discovers that he is having an affair with a 26-years-old woman, who she misjudges as Liza when she visits New York City.[9] Her visit leads to the end of the affair.
- David Taylor (portrayed by Paul Fitzgerald) is Liza's ex-husband, who has had a gambling addiction which led the couple to financial bankruptcy.[28]
- Gabe (portrayed by Jon Gabrus) is introduced as Josh's geeky roomate and best friend.[41]
- Cheryl Sussman (portrayed by Martha Plimpton) is a woman with whom Liza worked 14 years earlier at Random House.[7] They run into each other later when Liza is dropping off Diana's purse in a restaurant. At first, she doesn't recognizes Liza, but she eventually threatens her with keeping the age secret in exchange of some Empirical's secret data. Liza responds by threatening back with screenshots of the emails they sent each other regarding the secret information.[7]
Introduced in season two[edit]
- Redmond (portrayed by Michael Urie) is a sarcastic publishing agent.
- Edward L.L. Moore (portrayed by Richard Masur) is one of Empirical's top-selling clients, author of the popular Crown of Kings series, which is a homage to George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series.[42] The character himself is a homage to Martin, having similarity to Martin's physical traits.[43]
Introduced in season three[edit]
- Bob Katz (portrayed by Grant Shaud)
- Bryce Reiger (portrayed by Noah Robbins)
- Radha (portrayed by India de Beaufort) is an Indian woman who begins dating Charles. The actress was cast in the role in June 2016.[44]
- Enzo De Luca (portrayed by Chris Tardio) is a plumber who was working on Diana's building and flirted with her. In the fifth season, he and Diana reconnect and start a love relationship. He lives with his mother, who is overprotective. After Diana visited his house and had an argument with his mother, he decides to move to Manhattan and buy his own apartment. He is later assembled to a strike team to remove a fatberg. Although Diana mocked at the job, she later gets worried when Enzo and other workers disappear inside the sewers; once he returns to the surface, they hug, tough he's covered in dirt.[25] The moment become a media success and is later published in a local newspaper as an apology from Diana after they have an argument.[26]
- Malkie (portrayed by Sally Pressman)
- Colin McNichol (portrayed by Jay Wilkison)
- Max Horowitz (portrayed by Ben Rappaport) is introduced as a medical intern and Lauren's significant other. Rappaport was cast in the role in September 2016.[45]
- Dr. Richard Caldwell (portrayed by Mather Zickel)
Introduced in season four[edit]
- Montana Goldberg (portrayed by Meredith Hagner)
- Lachlan Flynn (portrayed by Burke Moses)
- Jay Mallick (portrayed by Aasif Mandvi) is an editor who discovers Liza's secret and promises to keep secret. Mandvi was cast in the role in April 2017.[46]
- Pauline Turner-Brooks (portrayed by Jennifer Westfeldt) is Charles' ex-wife and Bianca and Nicole's mother. After their divorce, she moved to California.[9] Westfeldt was cast in the role in May 2017.[47]
Introduced in season five[edit]
- Jake Devereux (portrayed by Jason Ralph)
- Don Ridley (portrayed by Christian Borle) is an ambitious journalist who steals food from events and threatens Liza. Borle was cast in the role in March 2018.[48]
- Quinn Taylor (portrayed by Laura Benanti) is a self-made millionaire who wrote Claw, a book about a woman's focus on herself. Benanti was cast in the role in May 2018.[49]
Introduced in season six[edit]
- Shelly Rozansky (portrayed by Annaleigh Ashford) is an employee of Infinitely 21, a clothing brand with whom Millennial has a selling revenue deal.[12]
Minor characters[edit]
Introduced in season one[edit]
- Michele and Tom (portrayed by Heidi Armbruster and Brit Whittle) are a married couple who are friends with Liza and David.
- Annabelle Bancroft (portrayed by Jane Krakowski) is the author of Shedonism, a book published by Empirical.[28] Before the book's publication, she demands an extravagant and youthful launch party, prompting Diana to leave Liza in charge of it. She was Diana's best friend, but Diana focused on her career while Annabelle maintained her partying lifestyle while abusing of substances.
- Courtney Ostin (portrayed by Renée Elise Goldsberry) is a beauty blog writer with whom Maggie has had sexual dreams. They flirt during Annabelle's launch party and later have sex.[28]
- Annika Björnberg (portrayed by Viveca Paulin) is Anton's wife who visits New York City to attend the PEN Awards.[9] As Anton sends her the recently-written pages of his forthcoming book, she discovers that he is having an affair with a 26-years-old woman, who she misjudges as Liza.
- Bianca and Nicole Brooks (portrayed by Jeté Laurence and Delphina Belle) are Charles and Pauline's daughters.[9]
- Lori (portrayed by Donna Lynne Champlin) is an old friend of Liza and a member of their friends' book club. During a club meeting, she gets drunk and kisses Liza after hearing rumors that she's dating Maggie just because they live together.[4]
- Meredith Montgomery (portrayed by Ana Gasteyer) is a middle school teacher who wrote a novel named The Scarf about her family history. She wrote it over twelve years, reserving one hour per day to writing.[5] When Liza discovers the book in the midst of rejected works, she believes in its potential and realizes a field analysis with a suburban book club, leading to the book's online prominence.[4] The book ends up being revealed as a plagiarism of a novel called The Babuskha.
- Todd and Denise Heller (portrayed by Josh Pais and Kathy Najimy) are Lauren's parents. Denise design jewelry and Todd has a hedge fund.[5]
- Megyn Vernoff (portrayed by Nadia Dajani) is the author of Empirical's book New Tricks, to which Liza serves as a reviewer.[6]
Introduced in season two[edit]
- Jade Winslow (portrayed by Justine Lupe) is the author of a book for Empirical, which turns out to be fake so she can get her advance and spend it all.
- Hugh Shirley (portrayed by David Wain) is the author of the book Male Feminist.
- Sebastion (portrayed by Matthew Morrison) is an author Liza tries to make a deal with, until he scares her off.
Introduced in season three[edit]
Introduced in season four[edit]
Introduced in season five[edit]
- Penelope (portrayed by Lois Robbins) is an art collector who shows interest in Maggie's work. Robbins was cast in the role in April 2018.[50]
- Tam (portrayed by Jesse James Keitel) is Lauren's genderqueer personal assistant.[51]
Introduced in season six[edit]
- Beth (portrayed by Nicole Ari Parker) is a post-birth counselor who starts dating Maggie after Maggie witnesses Clare's childbirth.[11][29]
- Audrey Colbert (portrayed by Willa Fitzgerald) is an accused murderer who becomes an international celebrity due to a podcast about her life and alleged crime.[52] She is willing to publish a book with her truths and her agent is Redmond.
- Bronwyn Madigan (portrayed by Becky Ann Baker) is a long time Empirical author who decides to leave the company after Millennial becomes the flagship brand.[29] She decides to stay after witnessing Kelsey confront Charles about his new company, thus fighting for Madigan.
- Cameron and Hayley Butler (portrayed by Mark Deklin and Shawna Christensen) are a celebrity couple who wrote a book about relationships and hobbies.[15]
- Travis Jason (portrayed by Lou Taylor Pucci) is the author of a nonfiction book on drug use for work. In an attempt to sign him up, both Liza and Charles decide to go to a "medicinal" retreat hosted by Jason. There, they meet Josh, who is Travis' friend.[31]
- Rafa (portrayed by Oded Fehr) is an artist with whom Maggie has sex who claims to be a "flipper" due to he having had relations with many lesbians.[12]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Characters with at least five appearances in one season, thus having some prominence in the series.
- ↑ Although there were no news about Hermann's promotion, the actor received main star billing from the first episode of season two onwards.
References[edit]
- ↑ Goldberg, Lesley (December 6, 2013). "'Bunheads' Sutton Foster to Star in TV Land's Darren Star Pilot (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Pilot". Younger. Season 1. Episode 1. TV Land.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Tattoo You". Younger. Season 2. Episode 1. TV Land.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "I'm with Stupid". Younger. Season 1. Episode 9. TV Land.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "The Boy with the Dragon Tattoo". Younger. Season 1. Episode 10. TV Land.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Hot Mitzvah". Younger. Season 1. Episode 11. TV Land.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "The Old Ma'am and the C". Younger. Season 1. Episode 12. TV Land.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 "Liza Sows Her Oates". Younger. Season 1. Episode 2.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 "Sk8". Younger. Season 1. Episode 8. TV Land.
- ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (February 7, 2014). "Debi Mazar Joins TV Land Pilot 'Younger', Set For 'Entourage' Movie". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 "The Unusual Suspect". Younger. Season 6. Episode 3. TV Land.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "Millennial's Next Top Model". Younger. Season 6. Episode 9. August 14, 2019. TV Land.
- ↑ "IRL". Younger. Season 1. Episode 3. TV Land.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Big Day". Younger. Season 6. Episode 1. TV Land.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 "Stiff Competition". Younger. Season 6. Episode 5. TV Land.
- ↑ "Friends with Benefits". Younger. Season 6. Episode 7. July 31, 2019. TV Land.
- ↑ "The Debu-taunt". Younger. Season 6. Episode 8. August 7, 2019. TV Land.
- ↑ "Holding Out For A SHero". Younger. Season 6. Episode 11. August 28, 2019. TV Land.
- ↑ "Forever". Younger. Season 6. Episode 12. September 4, 2019. TV Land.
- ↑ "Miriam Shor Joins 'Younger'; Austin Stowell Boards 'Public Morals'". Deadline Hollywood. January 27, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
- ↑ "The Gelato and the Pube". Younger. Season 4. Episode 8. TV Land.
- ↑ "The Incident at Pound Ridge". Younger. Season 4. Episode 9. TV Land.
- ↑ "A Novel Marriage". Younger. Season 4. Episode 10. TV Land.
- ↑ "Irish Goodbye". Younger. Season 4. Episode 12. TV Land.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 "Lizability". Younger. Season 5. Episode 12. TV Land.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 "Flush With Love". Younger. Season 6. Episode 2. TV Land.
- ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (January 14, 2014). "Hilary Duff To Star In Darren Star's TV Land Pilot 'Younger'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 "Shedonism". Younger. Season 1. Episode 6. TV Land.
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 "An Inside Glob". Younger. Season 6. Episode 4. July 10, 2019. TV Land.
- ↑ "Girl Code". Younger. Season 1. Episode 5. TV Land.
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 "Merger, She Wrote". Younger. Season 1. Episode 6. July 24, 2019. TV Land.
- ↑ Petski, Denise (June 22, 2015). "Molly Bernard Upped To Regular On 'Younger'; Noah Centineo Joins 'The Fosters'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
- ↑ "In the Pink". Younger. Season 4. Episode 4. TV Land..
- ↑ "A Close Shave". Younger. Season 4. Episode 6. TV Land.
- ↑ "It's Love, Actually". Younger. Season 4. Episode 11. TV Land.
- ↑ "A Christmas Miracle". Younger. Season 5. Episode 7. TV Land.
- ↑ "Fraudlein". Younger. Season 5. Episode 11. TV Land.
- ↑ Swift, Andy (February 21, 2018). "Younger: Charles Michael Davis Promoted to Series Regular". TVLine. TVLine Media, LLC. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ↑ "The Mao Function". Younger. Season 2. Episode 2. TV Land.
- ↑ "A Kiss is Just a Kiss". Younger. Season 3. Episode 1. TV Land.
- ↑ "The Exes". Younger. Season 1. Episode 4. TV Land.
- ↑ Hoffman, Kim (March 17, 2016). ""Younger" recap (2.11): Secrets and Liza". After Ellen. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
- ↑ Vineyard, Jennifer (July 6, 2018). "The Oral History of Edward L.L. Moore, the Epic George R.R. Martin Spoof on 'Younger'". Thrillist. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- ↑ Petski, Denise (June 30, 2016). "Tara Buck Joins 'Ray Donovan'; 'Younger' Casts India de Beaufort". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
- ↑ Petski, Denise (September 16, 2016). "'Younger': Ben Rappaport To Recur In Season 3 Of TV Land Comedy Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
- ↑ Pedersen, Erik (April 24, 2017). "Aasif Mandvi Getting 'Younger'; Robert Craighead Joins 'Future Man'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
- ↑ Petski, Denise (May 18, 2017). "'Younger': Jennifer Westfeldt Set To Recur In Season 4". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
- ↑ Turchiano, Danielle (March 14, 2018). "'Younger' Books Christian Borle for Season 5 (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ↑ Swift, Andy (May 4, 2018). "Younger Books Laura Benanti to Play Self-Made Billionaire in Season 5". TVLine. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ↑ Petski, Denise (April 10, 2018). "Aleksa Palladino Joins CBS All Access' '$1'; TV Land's 'Younger' Casts Lois Robbins". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
- ↑ Schuessler, Bobby (June 1, 2018). "Molly Bernard: "Thank God We're on Younger—Boldly Representing the Queer Community"". Out. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ↑ Lipsett, Joe (June 27, 2019). "Younger Recap: "The Unusual Suspect"". The Spool. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
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