<P> The series premiered on December 14, 2016 . With the premiere of the series, Amiyah Scott became the third openly transgender person to play a trans major character in a scripted television drama series in America, after Laverne Cox on Orange is the New Black and Jamie Clayton on Sense8 . </P> <P> On February 22, 2017, Fox renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on September 27, 2017 and crossed over with other Fox series Empire . </P> <Ul> <Li> Jude Demorest as Star Davis, a tough 18 - year - old who spent her childhood in and out of foster homes after the death of her mother Mary . Wanting to pursue a career in music, she forms a girl group, Take 3 (formerly Big Trouble), with her half sister Simone and best friend Alex in Atlanta . Though she has a lot of talent, her egotistical nature tends to bother others . </Li> <Li> Brittany O'Grady as Simone Davis, Star's biracial 16 - year - old half sister . She is rescued by Star from the abusive foster home in which she was placed five years before . While supportive of her sister's ambitions, Simone has dreams of her own, and will do whatever it takes to achieve them . In Season 2, she ends up in state custody for abusing marijuana . She is then liberated from juvie by Ayanna . </Li> <Li> Ryan Destiny as Alexandra "Alex" Crane, a wealthy 19 - year - old who grew up in New York and Star's best friend . She is looking to step out of the shadows of her famous father and make it on her own, and becomes increasingly involved in political advocacy through her boyfriend Derek . </Li> <Li> Amiyah Scott as Cotton Brown, Carlotta's transgender daughter . She works at her mother's salon and helps the girls kickstart their career . She also has a troubled relationship with Carlotta, as the latter has not accepted her daughter's transition, and is not understanding or fully supportive of the difficulties she faces as a trans woman, although she slowly comes around . After stealing money from her boyfriend Elliot, Cotton is sent to prison . In season 2, she attempts to rebuild her life with a new job, but is seemingly murdered by Omari, her old cellmate and former lover . </Li> <Li> Quincy Brown as Derek Jones, Alexandra's boyfriend who lives next door to the girls . He is a civil rights activist affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement, and is committed to civil disobedience . After a car accident leaves him paralyzed from the waist down, their relationship becomes strained . </Li> <Li> Benjamin Bratt as Jahil Rivera, a talent manager who believes the musical trio is his ticket back to the top . However, he is hobbled by both a cocaine addiction and money problems . In Season 2, it is revealed that he faked his death with the help of Carlotta to avoid being framed for Hunter's murder . He ends up forming a new duo with his nephew Angel to compete with Take 3 . In the mid-season 2 finale, Angel fires him as manager and he goes on a drug - fueled bender before slipping into a coma . </Li> <Li> Queen Latifah as Carlotta Renee Brown, the owner of an Atlanta beauty salon, who worked with Mary Davis in the R&B duo Mixed Harmony back in the 1990s . She becomes a surrogate mother to the three girls, even though she doesn't approve of their musical dreams . At the end of the first season, she takes over as manager from Jahil . Her attempts to make Take 3 a success prove largely ineffective as the girls struggle with their own problems, and in the mid-season 2 finale, her salon is burned down . </Li> <Li> Miss Lawrence as Miss Bruce (Season 2 - present; recurring season 1), a genderfluid hairdresser who works at Carlotta's salon, taking over from her as owner when she commits to managing Take 3 . </Li> <Li> Luke James as Noah Brooks (Season 2--present), a formerly top - selling R&B artist at Midtown Sound looking to make a much - needed comeback . He is a charming sweet talker with an ambitious streak, and strikes up a relationship with Alex, at first for promotion, but it gradually evolves into an affair . </Li> <Li> Michael Michele as Ayanna Floyd (Season 2--present), the unsympathetic president and CEO of Midtown Sound, the record label that signed Take 3 . She forms a maternal bond with Simone, even becoming her legal guardian, but also enables her to maintain her addiction to prescription drugs . At the mid-season 2 finale, she is disgraced and removed as president of Midtown after being caught trying to buy the label out from under her father . </Li> <Li> Stephen Dorff as Brody Dean (Season 2--present), Star's long lost biological father who re-emerges as the girls get their first taste of fame, but turns out to have an agenda concerning Hunter's death . Upon discovering the abuse Hunter inflicted on Star, however, he leaves town after murdering Hunter's mother, Arlene . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Jude Demorest as Star Davis, a tough 18 - year - old who spent her childhood in and out of foster homes after the death of her mother Mary . Wanting to pursue a career in music, she forms a girl group, Take 3 (formerly Big Trouble), with her half sister Simone and best friend Alex in Atlanta . Though she has a lot of talent, her egotistical nature tends to bother others . </Li>

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