EXCLUSIVE: Jodi Balfour (For All Mankind) has been tapped for a major recurring role on Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso.
She is the first known cast addition for the upcoming third season of the Emmy-winning comedy series.Balfour will play Jack, a charming venture capitalist.
In addition to Jason Sudeikis as Ted Lasso, she joins the returning series regular ensemble cast including Hannah Waddingham, Brendan Hunt, Jeremy Swift, Juno Temple, Brett Goldstein, Phil Dunster and Nick Mohammed.Developed for television by Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Joe Kelly and Brendan Hunt, the series stars Sudeikis as Ted Lasso, a small-time college football coach from Kansas hired to coach a professional soccer team in England, despite having no experience coaching soccer.
The show’s second season ended with a shocking twist involving Mohammed’s Assistant Coach character Nate.In addition to starring, Sudeikis serves as executive producer, alongside Lawrence via his Doozer Productions, which produces in association with Warner Bros.
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