The witcher has added seven new actors to its season 2 lineup, with stars from Bridgerton and Downton Abbey joining the Netflix series. Netflix has confirmed that several actors will be joining the cast of The Witcher season 2 in roles that will likely be recognizable to fans of Andrzej Sapkowski’s book saga, including Bridgerton’s Adjoa Andoh as Nenneke, who appears in the novels as Melitele’s Priestess, and the head of Melitele’s temple in Ellander, just outside the main city.
Friends and enemies are gathering from all over the continent. Meet the New Cast Joining #The witcher Season 2: pic.twitter.com/0MBcZvAcze
– The Witcher (@witchernetflix) March 22, 2021
Other new cast additions for Season 2 include Cassie Clare (Brave New World) as Phillippa Eilhart, Liz Carr (Silent Witness) as Fenn, Graham McTavish (Outlander) as Dijkstra, Kevin Doyle (Downton Abbey) as Ba’lian, Simon Callow (A Room with A View) as Codringher and Chris Fulton (Bridgerton) as Rience, a major antagonist in the Witcher book series.