

Gia was born in late 2005 and is Rue's younger sister. Nyran Hepburn and Ashton Hunsberger (Baby Gia, "Stand Still Like the Hummingbird").Hyla Rayne Fontenot (7 years old, "Pilot").After losing her husband, Leslie takes care of her children on her own. Malia Barnhardt (14 years old, "A Thousand Little Trees of Blood").At the beginning of the first season, she wears cat eyeglasses and her everyday clothes often consist of average shirts, tops, and dresses, preferring minimalist makeup looks. She is a plus-sized teenage girl with chin-length hair, ivory skin, and dark brown eyes. She is a girl fighting for body positivity while exploring her sexuality. Johanna Colón (11 years old, "Made You Look").

Plus-size model Barbie Ferreira stars as Kat, a girl fighting for body-positivity. She is best friends with Kat and BB as well as Cassie prior to the latter betraying her by having a fling with Nate. She is Nate's on-and-off girlfriend and later ex-girlfriend. Keilani Arellanes (11 years old, "Made You Look", "’03 Bonnie and Clyde", and "Out of Touch").He leaves his family and gets arrested in Season 2. However, he has one-night stands with men and transgender youths, which he records with a hidden camera. He is married to and fathers three children with Marsha, his high school girlfriend (one of which is unnamed). Elias Kacavas (18 years old, "Ruminations: Big and Little Bullys")Ĭal is Nate's strict, demanding father with a double life.He starts a camaraderie (with romantic undertones) with Lexi in Season 2. He lives with Ashtray, whom he considers his business partner, and even though they do not appear to be related, he treats him like a brother. He was raised by his grandmother who is now invalid. Mason Shea Joyce (10 years old, "Trying to Get to Heaven Before They Close the Door")įez is a local drug dealer with a close, sibling-like relationship with Rue.Lexi mentions that her mother (and Cassie's mother) is Jewish. At the same time, she grows closer to Fezco after discovering an unexpected compatibility, including some unusual shared interests (such as the 1986 film Stand by Me). She spends most of her teenage years in the shadow of her big sister, always feeling like an outsider and an observer of her own life.ĭetermined to do more and to finally step into the spotlight, she creates a play in Season 2 and bases it on everything that has happened around her. She is Rue's childhood best friend, and Cassie's younger sister. Cal gave a speech about how dysfunctional their family is after getting drunk and thinking he saw a boyfriend from his past.Appearances Key Main cast (credited) Recurring cast (3 or more episodes) Guest cast (1–2 episodes) Actor

If not in reality, then in television,” Rue explained in Episode 3. Our country’s dark and fucked up and people just want to find hope. “Now, in all fairness, I did say from the beginning that I had no intention of staying clean. To hide this, Rue started telling people she was only smoking marijuana. Rue got a suitcase from Laurie, a middle-aged drug dealing woman ( Martha Kelly), containing $10,000 in drugs that she was supposed to sell to other students–but she quietly ended up using them for herself. Maddy’s friend Cassie ( Sydney Sweeney) secretly started seeing Nate and Jules cheats on Rue with Elliott. Rue met another drug user, Elliot ( Dominic Fike), in a building where a New Year’s Eve party is going on and he met Jules. Season 2 started with Rue, still doing voiceovers, explaining how Fez got into dealing drugs (through his grandmother).
