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M.I.A. Debuts With All Nine Episodes as Newcomer Shannon Gisela Leads

The Ozark co-creator’s Miami crime saga spotlights a first-time screen lead.

Overview

  • All episodes of the crime drama launch at once on Paramount+ in the UK and Peacock in the US.
  • Bill Dubuque, known for co-creating Ozark, created the series set in Miami and the Florida Keys.
  • The story follows Etta Tiger Jonze, a young woman from a drug-running family who fights to rise in the underworld without revealing key twists.
  • Shannon Gisela plays Etta in her first major live-action role after training in improv through an SNL–UCB scholarship.
  • According to her IMDb profile, Gisela is from South Florida, studied psychology at the University of Central Florida, made festival-screened shorts at Sundance and Slamdance, appeared in TV movies Dose and The Secrets We Keep, and recently did voice work on Netflix’s animated Strip Law.