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Lizzy Caplan Joins The Morning Show Season 5 as Broadway Director Gwen

The casting underscores Apple TV+'s star-driven strategy for a tightly guarded fifth season.

Overview

  • Deadline, which broke the news Thursday, reports Caplan will play Gwen, a passionate and uncompromising Broadway theater director.
  • She joins Jeff Daniels as billionaire Lukas, Reneé Rapp as rising UBN talent Samantha, Jesse Williams as UBN’s new head of news Vernon, and Sean Hayes in a recurring role.
  • Apple TV+ renewed the series for Season 5 in September, after Season 4 wrapped in November, setting the stage for another high-profile ensemble.
  • Story specifics remain under wraps, with Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston returning to star and executive produce alongside showrunner Charlotte Stoudt and director-producer Mimi Leder.
  • Caplan arrives with recent credits including Netflix’s Zero Day and an Emmy-nominated turn in FX’s Fleishman Is in Trouble, as the series carries momentum from 16 Season 3 Emmy nods and Billy Crudup’s win.