Netflix’s A Different World sequel series just announced some new casting. Tichina Arnold, Raven Goodwin and Joshua Suiter are all headed for Hillman. Joining them are returning faces like Glynn Turnman and Dawnn Lewis. Colonel Taylor and Jaleesa Vinson-Taylor are a fun addition to the proceedings. It’s been a nice steady stream of updates for A Different World since the sequel was announced.

Cast announcements

  • Maleah Joi Moon (Hell’s Kitchen) as Deborah
  • Alijah Kai Haggins (Everybody Hates Chris) as Rashida
  • Cornell Young (Doing Life) as Shaquille
  • Kennedi Reece (TK) as Hazel
  • Jordan Aaron Hall (The Idea of You) as Amir
  • Chibuikem Uche (One Of Us Is Lying) as Kojo
  • Kadeem Hardison (A Different World, White Men Can’t Jump) as Dwayne Wayne
  • Jasmine Guy (A Different World, Harlem Nights) as Whitley Gilbert
  • Darryl M. Bell (A Different World, School Daze) as Ron Johnson
  • Cree Summer (A Different World, Atlantis: The Lost Empire) as Freddie Brooks
  • Charnele Brown (Old Gray Mare, The Reading, A Different World) as Dr Kimberly Reese Boyer
  • Jenifer Lewis (black-ish, What’s Love Got to Do with It, and GOAT) as Professor Davenport
  • Vincent Jamal Hooper (Chicago Med, Shots Fired) as Ellington
  • Elijah J. Roberts (NIGHT SWIM) as Jalen
  • Renee Harrison as Candace (All American: Homecoming, The Supreme’s At Earl’s All You Can Eat, Law and Order: SVU)
  • Famecia Ward as Nellie Gaines (Blue Bloods Season 6, Curse of War, Fear Lake Lanier)
  • Dasan Frazier (STRAW,  Law & Order, BET+ The Ms. Pat Show) as Xavier

Different World Sequel is coming soon!

Netflix describes the series: “When Deborah, Dwayne Wayne, and Whitley Gilbert’s free-spirited, well-intentioned, yet rebellious youngest child, enters her freshman year at Hillman College, she finds the shadow of her parents difficult to escape as she sets out to build her own legacy, while having the time of her life, alongside a whole new generation of Hillman’s best and brightest.”

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