page_title: Quantico (season 1)
section_title: Casting
hierarchical_section_title: Quantico (season 1) / Production / Casting
caption_attribution_description: Priyanka Chopra at the Big Star Entertainment Awards in 2011
context_page_description: The first season of the American drama thriller series Quantico premiered in the United States on the American Broadcasting Company on September 27, 2015, and concluded on May 15, 2016. ABC Studios produced the season, with creator Joshua Safran, Mark Gordon, Robert Sertner, Nicholas Pepper and Jake Coburn serving as executive producers.
  Consisting of twenty-two episodes, season one follows Alex Parrish, the brightest FBI recruit in her class, who becomes an FBI field agent after graduating from the FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia, and later becomes a prime suspect after a terrorist attack on Grand Central Terminal. Told using dual timelines, the narrative switches between the present, where Parrish runs from captivity to prove her innocence, and the past, which shows her training at the academy with her fellow recruits as details about their lives and relationships with one another are revealed.
  Season one aired on Sundays in the United States at 10:00 p.m. It debuted with strong numbers, averaging 8.05 million viewers and received positive reviews from critics.
context_section_description: The casting began in February 2015, with Priyanka Chopra landing the role of protagonist Alex Parrish. Tate Ellington was the first actor to be cast to play one of the FBI trainees – Simon Asher. After his casting, Graham Rogers was cast as FBI trainee Caleb Hass. Aunjanue Ellis was signed to play Miranda Shaw, the assistant director of the Academy, and overseer of the new recruits' training; Dougray Scott was cast as Miranda's former partner and subordinate. In early March, Jake McLaughlin was chosen to play Alex's love interest Ryan Booth, while Johanna Braddy and Yasmine Al Massri rounded out the cast in the final co-starring roles as trainees Shelby Wyatt and the twins Nimah and Raina Amin, respectively. With the series order in May, ABC announced that Dougray Scott, who played Liam O'Connor, would be re-cast in the show. In July 2015, Josh Hopkins joined the cast in the role of Liam O'Connor. The same month, Anabelle Acosta and Rick Cosnett were cast in recurring roles as Natalie Vasquez and Elias Harper. Later, Acosta was promoted to series regular. In September 2015, Jacob Artist was cast in the recurring role of an FBI agent-in-training. In November 2015, Marcia Cross joined the cast as Caleb's mother Claire Haas. Jay Armstrong Johnson, Lenny Platt and Li Jun Li were cast for three recurring characters in November 2015.
  Initially conceived as an ensemble drama, Chopra's casting played a key role in the design of the show. Apart from becoming the show's face, and featuring heavily in its publicity campaign, it was specially re-written to center around her as the main character.
caption: Priyanka Chopra plays the series' protagonist, Alex Parrish.
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