3 Body Problem Season 2 Adds Claudia Doumit and Ellie de Lange

Claudia Doumit and Ellie de Lange have been cast in the second season of Netflix’s 3 Body Problem. 

The news was shared on Netflix’s X account, the 3 Body Problem X account, and subsequently reported on by Deadline. 

Both actresses will be series regulars in Season 2; Doumit’s character is named Captain Van Rijn, and de Lange’s is known as Ayla. The release date for 3 Body Problem Season 2 has not been reported at this time.

3 Body Problem is a science fiction series adapted from the Chinese novel trilogy, collectively titled Remembrance of Earth’s Past, by Liu Cixin. The series was previously adapted into the Chinese series Three-Body in 2023. 

The story follows Chinese physicist Ye Wenjie in two timelines. In the 1970s, Ye (Zine Tseng) is part of a secret first contact with an alien civilization, the San-Ti. 

In present day England, an older Ye (Rosalind Chao) and four other scientists, “The Oxford Five” — Saul Durand (Jovan Adepo), Jack Rooney (John Bradley), Auggie Salazar (Eiza González), and Jin Cheng (Jess Chong) — are at the center of an invasion by the San-Ti that sees normal laws of physics disrupted.

3 Body Problem Season 1 premiered in 2024 with eight episodes. It has been renewed for two subsequent seasons.

Claudia Doumit is best known for her role as Congresswoman Victoria Neuman on The Boys, the superhero satire on Prime Video based on the original comic series by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. 

Doumit joined the series in The Boys Season 2 and became a series regular in Season 3. She also made a guest appearance on its spinoff, Gen V. She previously appeared on science-fiction series Timeless, developed by The Boys’ creator Eric Kripke. 

Ellie de Lange is part of the main cast of the Belgian-Dutch sci-fi series Arcadia.

3 Body Problem is co-created by writer Alexander Woo and Game of Thrones creators David Benioff & D.B. Weiss. The show’s cast includes some Game of Thrones alums, including Bradley, Liam Cunningham (as MI6 head Thomas Wade), and Jonathan Pryce (as San-Ti agent Mike Evans).

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3 Body Problem Season 2 will stream on Netflix.

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