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After a long, two year wait, The Flight Attendant Season 2 is finally here.

The highly anticipated sophomore season of this thriller comedy-drama series begins with Cassie Bowden (Kaley Cuoco) living her best sober life in Los Angeles while moonlighting as a CIA asset in her spare time.

However, her newfound life of peace and balance naturally can’t last long for this well-meaning woman who seems to be a magnet for trouble, and she soon finds herself entangled in yet another case of international intrigue with dire consequences after accidentally witness a murder while on an overseas assignment.

The first two episodes of the critically-acclaimed HBO Max Original premiered on the platform yesterday, and with these new hours came plenty of fresh faces amongst familiar faves like Cuoco, Rosie Perez, Zosia Mamet, and T.R. Knight.

Were you left wondering who’s who? Well buckle up and get ready for takeoff, because here’s your comprehensive guide to the new cast members of The Flight Attendant Season 2.

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Sharon Stone

Sharon-Stone
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Who They Are In The Flight AttendantThe legendary actress will join the cast to play the recurring role of Lisa Bowden, Cassie’s (Cuoco) estranged mother who would prefer to keep things that way.

Where You Know Them From: Stone is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actress and femme fatale extraordinaire who has dominated screens big and small for over four decades.

While it would take ages to list her entire impressive filmography (or even just a portion of it), we can at least say that you probably know Stone best for her work in hits like Basic InstinctTotal Recall,  CasinoSilverThe Practice, and The Disaster Artist. Stone earned an Academy Award nomination as Best Actress for her work in Casino.

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Mo McRae

Mo McRae
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Who They Are In The Flight AttendantMcRae joins the cast to play suave CIA officer Benjamin Berry.

Where You Know Them From: McRae is an actor, writer, and producer probably best known for his work as recurring character Tyler on FX action crime-drama Sons of Anarchy. You may also remember the actor for his roles as Leon Hayes in Gridiron Gang, 7 & 7 in The First Purge, Jimmy Carter in Wild, and Eldridge Huggins in The Butler.

McCrae has also appeared in popular television shows like Big Little Lies, This Is UsEREmpire, and All Rise as guest or recurring roles. You may also recognize the actor from his main or recurring roles in series PitchAlmost Family, and Rebel.

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Callie Hernandez

Callie Hernandez
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Who They Are In The Flight AttendantHernandez plays Gabrielle Diaz, a quick-tempered bounty hunter with some impulse control issues that threaten to get in the way of her work.

Where You Know Them From: One of Hernandez’s first major roles was starring as Lisa Arlington in found footage supernatural horror film Blair Witch in 2016. Besides that, she has increasingly made a name for herself with roles in films like La La LandAlien: Covenant, and Under the Silver Lake, as well as in shows like GravesToo Old to Die Young, and Soundtrack.

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JJ Soria

JJ Soria
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Who They Are In The Flight AttendantSoria plays Esteban Diaz, the partner of Gabrielle Diaz in both bounty hunting and life (aw).

Where You Know Them From: Soria is probably best known for his main roles as Hector Cruz in Lifetime drama Army Wives, Pete Ramos in Crackle crime-drama The Oath, and Erik in Netflix comedy-drama Gentefied. You may also recognize the actor for his appearances in films like Filly BrownCamp X-Ray, and Crank: High Voltage.

Soria’s impressive acting resume is further bolstered by guest spots in well-known shows like CSI: MiamiNCISBonesDexter, and Supernatural.

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Mae Martin

Mae Martin
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Who They Are In The Flight AttendantMartin plays Grace, an overly friendly fellow flight attendant who Cassie is suspicious of (she thinks Grace might be impersonating her).

Where You Know Them From: Martin is best known for their work traveling the world performing stand-up comedy. They have put up shows at some of the world’s top performing arts festivals, including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and Just For Laughs: Montreal. Onscreen, you may have seen starring in their own semi-autobiographical Netflix romantic comedy-drama series, Feel Good, which consists of two total seasons that dropped in 2020 and 2021.

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Santiago Cabrera

Santiago Cabrera
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Who They Are In The Flight AttendantCabrera joins the series to act as Marco, Cassie’s supportive new boyfriend.

Where You Know Them From: Having been acting professionally for nearly two decades now, Cabrera has certainly accumulated an impressive body of work, and odds are you’ve caught at least one of these past performances. The Chilean actor is probably best known for his work as Isaac Mendez in NBC superhero-drama Heroes, Lancelot in BBC drama Merlin, and Aramis in BBC period action-drama The Musketeers.

He has also had some notable work on the silver screen, acting in films like CheFor Greater Glory, and Transformers: The Last Knight. Even so, Cabrera has an especially successful history with television acting, and has appeared in shows like DexterThe Mindy ProjectBig Little LiesSalvation, and Star Trek: Picard over the past decade alone.

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Shohreh Aghdashloo

Shohreh Aghdashloo
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Who They Are In The Flight AttendantAghdashloo plays Brenda, Cassie’s supportive AA sponsor.

Where You Know Them From: Aghdashloo is an Iranian-American actress who has crushed it in seemingly every major entertainment medium over the past 46 years of her professional acting career. Some of her most well known and critically acclaimed performances were in films House of Sand and Fog (for which she earned a 2003 Academy Award nomination), The Stoning of Soraya M. and Star Trek Beyond, and in shows House of Saddam (for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award), 24, and The Expanse.

The actress also boasts credits in popular mainstream shows over the years like Will & Grace, Grey’s Anatomy, ER, The Simpsons, House, Portlandia, Grimm, Elementary, and The Punisher.