“Nobody Wants This” Season 3 has added nine new cast members, Variety has learned.
Andrew Rannells (“Girls,” “Book of Mormon”), Keyla Monterroso Mejia (“The Studio,” “Abbott Elementary”), and Sarah Silverman (“PostMortem,” “Maestro”) have all joined the hit comedy in recurring roles.
The series has also added six new guest stars, who are: Avan Jogia (“56 Days,” “Our Hero, Balthazar”), Poorna Jagannathan (“Deli Boys,” “Never Have I Ever”), Sadie Sandler (“Happy GIlmore 2,” “Roomates”), Stephanie Koenig (“English Teacher,” “Lessons in Chemistry”), and Steven Weber (“Wings,” “Chicago Med”). In addition, series creator Erin Foster is set for a guest star role in the upcoming season.
Full character descriptions can be found below.
The new additions join returning stars Kristen Bell, Adam Brody, Justine Lupe, Timothy Simons and Jackie Tohn in “Nobody Wants This,” which is due to air its third season later this year.
Bell stars as agnostic podcaster Joanne who falls in love with a rabbi named Noah, played by Brody. The series follows their relationship as they attempt to reconcile their very different views on religion while their families look on skeptically.
Erin Foster created the series and serves as executive producer. Jenni Konner and Bruce Eric Kaplan are executive producer and showrunners. Bell is also an executive producer along with Sara Foster, Nora Silver, Steven Levitan, Danielle Stokdyk, Jeff Morton, and Oly Obst of 3 Arts. 20th Television is the studio.
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Character Descriptions:
Andrew Rannells as Sebastien , Joanne’s nemesis in conversion class.
Keyla Monterroso Mejia as Amber, a single woman enrolled in Joanne’s Intro to Judaism class who is obsessed with finding a Jewish husband.
Sarah Silverman as Rabbi Eden, the warm, quirky teacher of an Intro to Judaism class, and a supportive presence for Joanne and Noah.
Avan Jogia as Travis, a confident and unbothered guy’s guy who enjoys getting under Joanne’s skin.
Erin Foster as Nicole, terminally single and chaotic mess… She’s Joanne if everything had gone wrong for her life.
Poorna Jagannathan as Eleanor, Sebastien’s brassy and biting aunt.
Sadie Sandler as Denise, a young psychic who gives a reading to Morgan.
Stephanie Koenig as Poppy, a sardonic dating app regular who tries her luck with Sasha.
Steven Weber as Julian, a funny, grounded, cool and secure divorced dad.
From Variety US