<P> Beauty & the Beast is an American television series filmed in Toronto, Canada, very loosely inspired by the 1987 CBS series of the same name, developed by Sherri Cooper - Landsman and Jennifer Levin that premiered October 11, 2012, on The CW . Kristin Kreuk and Jay Ryan star in the title roles alongside Austin Basis, Nina Lisandrello, Nicole Gale Anderson, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Max Brown, Brian J. White, Amber Skye Noyes, and Michael Roark . </P> <P> Catherine Chandler witnessed her mother's murder and almost killed herself until someone--or something--saved her . Nine years later, now working as a detective for the NYPD, a case leads her to Vincent Keller, an ex-soldier believed to have been killed in action during military service, who is actually alive . As Catherine comes to know him, she finds out more about her mother's murder and about who--and what--Vincent really is . </P> <Ul> <Li> Kristin Kreuk as Catherine Chandler </Li> <Li> Jay Ryan as Vincent Keller </Li> <Li> Austin Basis as J.T. Forbes </Li> <Li> Nina Lisandrello as Tess Vargas </Li> <Li> Brian White as Joe Bishop (season 1) </Li> <Li> Max Brown as Evan Marks (season 1; guest, season 4) </Li> <Li> Sendhil Ramamurthy as Gabriel Lowen (seasons 1--2) </Li> <Li> Amber Skye Noyes as Tori Windsor (season 2) </Li> <Li> Nicole Gale Anderson as Heather Chandler (seasons 3--4; recurring, seasons 1--2) </Li> <Li> Michael Roark as Kyle Johnson (season 4) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Kristin Kreuk as Catherine Chandler </Li>

Cast of the beauty and the beast series