EXCLUSIVE: HBO‘s The Gilded Age has tapped six for supporting roles in Season 3: Dylan Baker (The Good Wife), Kate Baldwin (Broadway’s Hello, Dolly!), Michael Cumpsty (Severance), John Ellison Conlee (Boardwalk Empire), Bobby Steggert (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), and newcomer Hannah Shealy (The Rose Tattoo).
Baker plays Dr. Logan, a family doctor who treats a number of high society families, with Baldwin as Nancy Adams Bell, the older sister of John Adams (Claybourne Elder). Cumpsty portrays Lord Mildmay, a British nobleman who comes to dine at Sidmouth Castle, with Conlee as the successful, educated and polished businessman, Weston; Steggert as the famed artist John Singer Sargent, who has just begun his career painting the great ladies of society; and Shealy as Charlotte Astor, the married daughter of Mrs. Astor (Donna Murphy), recently returned from an eventful trip abroad.
Currently filming its third installment, The Gilded Age is an ensemble drama telling the story of The American Gilded Age, a period of immense economic and social change, when huge fortunes were made and lost overnight. With the old guard officially deposed, New York society finds itself turned upside down, and all must get their house in order. But even those at the helm of this new era may find that change comes at a cost.
Other newcomers in Season 3 include Bill Camp as JP Morgan, Merritt Wever as Monica O’Brien, Leslie Uggams as Mrs. Ernestine Brown, Lisagay Hamilton as Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Andrea Martin as Madame Dashkova, Paul Alexander Nolan as Alfred Merrick, Hattie Morahan as Lady Sarah Vere, and Jessica Frances Dukes as Athena Trumbo.
The Gilded Age is created by Julian Fellowes, who writes and exec produces alongside Sonja Warfield. Other executive producers include Gareth Neame, David Crockett, Michael Engler and Salli Richardson-Whitfield (who also direct), and Bob Greenblatt. Erica Dunbar serves as historical consultant and co-executive producer.
A co-production between HBO and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, the show’s casting directors are Bernie Telsey and Adam Caldwell from the Telsey Office.
Baker is represented by Innovative Artists and Viking Entertainment; Baldwin by Paradigm and Schachter Entertainment; Cumpsty by Innovative Artists; Conlee by Innovative Artists and Meghan Schumacher Management; Steggert by Wolf Talent Group; and Shealy by Untitled Entertainment and CESD Talent Agency.
