Garcelle Beauvais returns to acting after raising her profile with her stint on The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills.
The 56-year-old actress-turned-reality star has been added to the cast of the upcoming Hulu series The Other Black Girl, Term reported on Tuesday.
Beauvais, who previously said the final season of RHOBH left her “crying every day,” will apparently have an easier workload on the new show since she’ll only play one recurring character.
The show, which is being produced by studio Onyx Collective, is based on the best-selling novel of the same name, written by Zakiya Dalila Harris.
New show: Garcelle Beauvais, 56, has been added in a recurring role to the cast of Hulu’s The Other Black Girl, Deadline reported Tuesday; seen in september in west hollywood
The show centers on Nella (Sinclair Daniel), an editorial assistant at Wagner publishing house who is worn out by being the only black woman at the company.
When another black woman named Hazel (Ashleigh Murray) is hired, she initially feels more at home and sees her new coworker as an ally. But after discovering that something is wrong with Hazel, he sends Nella into a downward spiral.
Beauvais will appear in The Other Black Girl as Diana Gordon, a respected writer who is best friends with Kendra Rae Phillips, a former black editor at the publisher who worked there before Nella started.
Deadline notes that Diana and Kendra, Beauvais’s character, grew up together and attended the same college before Kendra edited Diana’s bestselling book.
Celebrity Friend: Beauvais will play Diana Gordon, a successful author who was once the best friend of a former black publisher’s editor who now has only one black editorial assistant; Still from the RHOBH reunion
However, the two have a more strained relationship after the success of the book.
The Other Black Girl also stars Brittany Adebumola, Hunter Parrish, Bellamy Young, and Eric McCormack.
Although Beauvais is now best known for being one of the main cast members of The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills, she has had supporting roles in movies like Spider-Man: Homecoming, the sequel Coming 2 America (and a bit part in the original, White House Down and Flight, among many other movies.
She also served as the co-host of the daytime talk show The Real from 2020 until earlier this year, when the show was cancelled.
Star Power: Although she is now best known as RHOBH, Garcelle has had supporting roles in major films including Spider-Man: Homecoming and Coming 2 America; seen on oct 29 in LA
The Other Black Girl got a show of confidence from Hulu, which ordered the show straight to series instead of waiting for a traditional pilot.
Rashida Jones of The Office and Parks And Recreation is producing the series, along with Temple Hill Productions’ Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey, Adam Fishbach, the novel’s author Zakiya Dalila Harris, Jordan Reddout and Gus Hickey.
In September, Term reported that master filmmaker Mariama Diallo had been hired to direct the first episode of the series.
Beauvais may have some extra time to film her scenes, as Andy Cohen revealed late last month that RHOBH would be taking a break before resuming filming, with a return planned for later in 2023.
Though he didn’t explain why the show was halted, fans speculated that the time off was to allow tensions to ease between some of the bickering cast members, notably Lisa Rinna and Kathy Hilton.
Downtime: You may have more time to film after Andy Cohen revealed late last month that RHOBH is pausing filming and won’t return until later in 2023; Seen with (left to right) Diana Jenkins, Crystal Minkoff, Erika Girardi, Kyle Richards, Dorit Kemsley, Lisa Rinna and Sutton Stracke