Amazon’s Renée Ballard Spin-off Adds Abbott Elementary’s Courtney Taylor By star has been tapped for a series regular role in Amazon MGM Studios’ upcoming untitled , based on author Michael Connelly’s Bosch novels. Taylor is set to play Samira Parker, who’s described as “a wary, impulsive, and tough woman with a burning desire for justice. Growing up, most everyone Samira knew shared a healthy distrust of the police, but her grandfather, whom Samira looked up to as a kid, was on the force and believed in using his police badge to protect and aid his community.
However, being a cop now is a different kind of challenge than it was back then.” Besides her recurring role in Abbott Elementary, Taylor also appeared in shows like Insecure, The Company You Keep, Killing It, and Neon. She most recently starred in the coming-of-age drama movie Out of My Mind, which had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
Who will lead the Renée Ballard spin-off? Taylor will be joining previously announced cast member , who has been tapped for the leading role of Detective Renée Ballard. This serves as Q’s first major TV project as the lead after nearly a decade since the short-lived crime drama series Stalker. vet Titus Welliver, who’s currently starring in the franchise’s first spin-off for Amazon Freevee, is also expected to appear in the spin-off.
“It follows Detective Renée Ballard (Q), who is tasked with running the LAPD’s new cold-case unit — a.
