The women in the Dupree family are matriarch Anita, played by Tunie and daughters Dani (Mosley) and Dr. Nicole Dupree Richardson (Duplaix).
The Dupree family:
Anita (Tamara Tunie) and Vernon (Clifton Davis) head the Duprees. They have daughters Nicole and Dani. “A venerable former senator, Vernon is gentle, humble and generous with his knowledge and experience. Retired now, Vernon was at the forefront of the civil rights movement.”
Nicole family, the Richardsons:
There’s husband, Ted Richardson (played by Maurice Johnson) who is “a brilliant plastic surgeon with an ultra-exclusive private practice and women clamor to put their faces and bodies in what they call his blessed hands.”
Their son Martin (played by Brandon Claybon) is described as, “ a congressman who lives outside “the gates” in a Washington, D.C., brownstone with his husband and two adopted children.”
Katherine “Kat” Richardson (played by Colby Muhammad) is mom and dad’s miracle child. Very doted on, to the point that “Kat’s been indulged all her life, which has made her spoiled, entitled and dismissive of those she considers beneath her.
Ted’s nephew, Andre Hamilton (played by Sean Freeman) a rich orphan after his parents died in a plane crash. Nicole and Ted are like parents to him, but there may be more than meets the eye as he’s described as “a playboy who is smooth on the surface, there is something elusive about Andre that occasionally makes people question his intentions.”
Bradley "Smitty" Smith (played by Mike Manning) is Congressman Martin Richardson’s husband (and father to two teenagers). “Smitty is a fantastic dad who has guided his children with warmth and good humor. Smitty is thinking of resuming his writing career but is hesitant to tell Martin, who likes their home life the way it is.”
Dani’s family (with her ex), the Hamiltons:
Former husband Bill Hamilton (played by Timon Durrett) is a defense attorney who’s also “an opportunist, publicity hound and narcissist, according to his ex-wife, Dani,” and “gets what he wants by any means necessary.” Apparently what he wants at the start of the show is Marquita Goings’ Hayley Lawson, a paralegal at Bill’s firm who’s engaged to him.
Dani and Bill have two daughters. Naomi Hamilton Hawthorne (played by Arielle Prepetit) and Chelsea (played by RhonniRose Mantilla). Naomi takes after her dad as an attorney while Chelsea has been pushed into modeling and tasked by Dani “with recreating the life her mother gave up, which doesn’t fit her own life vision.”
Naomi’s hubby, Jacob Hawthorne (played by Jibre Hordges) is a DC robbery/homicide detective. “He is proud of his wife, the family he comes from, serving the community and seeking justice for victims.”
The Thomas family:
Dana “Leslie” Thomas (played by Trisha Mann-Grant), a long-time waitress and bartender, “who’s charming and easy out in the world.” There’s something disturbing and unsettling about her that we’re going to learn all too soon, thanks, it seems to her daughter, Eva.
Eva (played by Ambyr Michelle), is Nicole Dupree Richardson’s new assistant and “determined to right a grievous wrong done to her mother as soon as the opportunity presents itself.”
Vanessa McBride (played by Lauren Buglioli) is best friend to Vernon’s daughter, Nicole. A woman who, as is so often the case in daytime is “is in a loveless marriage with her high school sweetheart.”
Ashley Morgan (Jen Jacob) is is Naomi's best friend. “A latchkey kid who has never been afraid of rolling up her sleeves,” who’s “positive, cheerful, brisk, resourceful and independent.”
Derek Baldwin (played by Ben Gavin) is Jacob´s best friend. He is, conveniently, in a relationship with Ashley. Described as a “fearless” firefighter who “holds nothing back and goes into a zone when he fights fire,” the couple sounds just about perfect for each other.
Tomas “Tom” Navarro (played by Alex Alegria) is “a handsome and confident young attorney at Bill Hamilton’s law firm,” who has an eye for Kat.
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