Big Little Lies (Limited Series)

## *Big Little Lies*

***Big Little Lies*** was optioned by Nicole Kidman and her Blossom Films production banner partner Per Saari, along with Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea and their Pacific Standard banner. The first season aired on HBO from February 19, 2017 to April 2, 2017.

The show stars and is executive produced by Oscar winners Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman. The script for the first season was written by David E. Kelley. Jean-Marc Vallée directed all episodes of the first season.

The series started production for a second season during March 2018, due to the high demand and success of the show. It aired from June 9, 2019 to July 21, 2019. Andrea Arnold directed all episodes of the second season.

## Premise

Based on Liane Moriarty’s bestselling book, and featuring Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, and Shailene Woodley, this darkly comedic series tells the tale of three mothers whose seemingly perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.

## Media

### Soundtrack

A soundtrack for the first season was released on Google Play and iTunes on March 31, 2017. A physical copy of the soundtrack was released on June 30, 2017.

### DVD and Blu-ray

The first season was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 1, 2017.

## Confirmation of Second Season

On March 1, 2018, it was confirmed that the show would be returning for a second season, due to the high demand and success of the first. It returned on June 9, 2019.

## Credits

### Cast

* Reese Witherspoon as Madeline Mackenzie(14 episodes)
* Nicole Kidman as Celeste Wright(14 episodes)
* Shailene Woodley as Jane Chapman(14 episodes)
* Laura Dern as Renata Klein(14 episodes)
* Zoë Kravitz as Bonnie Carlson(14 episodes)
* Adam Scott as Ed Mackenzie(14 episodes)
* James Tupper as Nathan Carlson(14 episodes)
* Jeffrey Nordling as Gordon Klein(14 episodes)
* Kathryn Newton as Abigail Carlson(14 episodes; Also Starring in Season 1)
* Iain Armitage as Ziggy Chapman(14 episodes; Also Starring in Season 1)
* with Alexander Skarsgård as Perry Wright(14 episodes)
* and Meryl Streep as Mary Louise Wright(Season 2; 7 episodes)

**Also Starring**
* Becky Ann Baker as Judge Marylin Cipriani(Season 2; 3 episodes)
* Sarah Baker as Thea Cunningham(6 episodes)
* Sarah Burns as Gabrielle(7 episodes)
* P.J. Byrne as Principal Nippal(9 episodes)
* Darby Camp as Chloe Mackenzie(14 episodes)
* Hong Chau as Jackie(6 episodes)
* Joseph Cross as Tom(6 episodes)
* Cameron Crovetti as Josh Wright(14 episodes; Co-Starring in Season 1)
* Nicholas Crovetti as Max Wright(14 episodes; Co-Starring in Season 1)
* Martin Donovan as Martin Howard(Season 2; 5 episodes)
* Merrin Dungey as Detective Adrienne Quinlan(11 episodes)
* Annie Fitzgerald as Tracy Rensing("Burning Love")
* Crystal Fox as Elizabeth Howard(Season 2; 6 episodes)
* Ivy George as Amabella Klein(12 episodes)
* Molly Hagan as Dr. Moriarty(2 episodes)
* Poorna Jagannathan as Katie Richmond(Season 2; 3 episodes)
* Virginia Kull as Emily Barnes(6 episodes)
* Mo McRae as Michael Perkins(Season 2; 3 episodes)
* Denis O'Hare as Ira Farber(Season 2; 4 episodes)
* Douglas Smith as Corey Brockfield(Season 2; 7 episodes)
* Patrick St. Esprit as Mayor Bartley("Push Comes to Shove")
* Sarah Sokolovic as Tori Bachman(7 episodes)
* Robin Weigert as Dr. Amanda Reisman(9 episodes)
* Kathreen Khavari as Samantha(7 episodes)
* David Monahan as Bernard(7 episodes)

**Co-Starring**
* Mark Adair-Rios as Coach Bob(2 episodes)
* Chris Aquilino as Jeremy Laplant(Season 2; "What Have They Done?")
* Christopher Backus as Joe(Season 2; 2 episodes)
* Michael Andrew Baker as Defense Attorney, Steve Gartner(Season 2; "Tell-Tale Hearts")
* Larry Bates as Stu(8 episodes; Guest Starring in Season 1)
* Teddy Blum as Young Perry(Season 2; "I Want to Know")
* Mike Bradecich as Carl Swallow(Season 2; "Kill Me")
* Ron A. Brooks as Detective Collins("You Get What You Need")
* Nelly Buchet as Juliette(8 episodes; Guest Starring in "What Have They Done?")
* Linda Burzynski as CHP Officer Lydia Seabrook(Season 2; "Tell-Tale Hearts")
* Santiago Cabrera as Joseph Bachman(10 episodes; Also Starring in Season 1; archive footage in "What Have They Done?", "The End of the World", and "She Knows")
* Lacy Camp as Secretary("Once Bitten")
* Maryfrances Careccia as Agent Sparks(Season 2; "Tell-Tale Hearts")
* Gia Carides as Melissa(9 episodes; Also Starring in Season 1; Guest Starring in "What Have They Done?")
* Howard Chan as CHP Officer Joel Maron(Season 2; "Tell-Tale Hearts")
* Feodor Chin as Kevin(Season 2; "Kill Me")
* Chloe Coleman as Skye Carlson(13 episodes; Guest Starring in "What Have They Done?")
* Kelen Coleman as Harper(9 episodes; Also Starring in Season 1; Guest Starring in "What Have They Done?")
* Parker Croft as Brent(5 episodes)
* Adam Cropper as Cashier(Season 2; "I Want to Know")
* Goreti da Silva as Clerk(Season 2; 2 episodes)
* Grant Davis as Jason Raddick(Season 2; "The Bad Mother")
* Darielle Dorsey as Sarah(Season 2; "What Have They Done?")
* Kayvon Esmaili as Joel(Season 2; "What Have They Done?")
* Katie Featherston as Lillah Laplant(Season 2; "What Have They Done?")
* Lauren Glazier as Dr. Megan Shapiro("Once Bitten")
* Kate Rene Gleason as Stacey("Serious Mothering")
* Ashley Gonzales as Bruna Barista(Season 2; "What Have They Done?")
* Eve Gordon as Dr. Danielle Cortland(Season 2; 3 episodes)
* Lon Gowan as Robert Johanson(Season 2; "The Bad Mother")
* Stephen Graybill as Saxon Baker(3 episodes)
* Stacie Greenwell as Lydia(3 episodes)
* Mykal-Michelle Harris as Young Bonnie(Season 2; 4 episodes)
* Will Hawkes as Esalen Husband(Season 2; "Kill Me")
* Hartlyn Hilsman as Child(Season 2; "The Bad Mother")
* Keisuke Hoashi as Dr. Leo Chang(3 episodes)
* Harry Irby as Detective(Season 2; "The Bad Mother")
* Khalilah Joi as Young Elizabeth(Season 2; 4 episodes)
* John Marshall Jones as John Davidson(Season 2; "The Bad Mother")
* Kerri Kenney as Dr. Belinda Shea(Season 2; "The End of the World")
* Sunday Rose Kidman-Urban and Faith Margaret Kidman-Urban as School Children(Season 2; 2 episodes)
* Anil Kumar as Dr. Scott Winslow("Once Bitten")
* Jennifer Lafleur as Fiona Brewster("Living the Dream")
* Lauren Lakis as Yvonne(Season 2; "The End of the World")
* Lola Langusta as Disco DJ(Season 2; "She Knows")
* Michael Laskin as Dr. Howard Feldman(Season 2; "The End of the World")
* Elizabeth Liang as Federal Courtroom Deputy(Season 2; "Tell-Tale Hearts")
* Bellina Logan as Mindy(Season 2; "Kill Me")
* Charles Maceo as Agent Nelson(Season 2; "Tell-Tale Hearts")
* John Marshall Jones as John Davidson(Season 2; "She Knows")
* Asher McDonell as 3-Year-Old Max(Season 2; 2 episodes)
* Brayden McDonell as 3-Year-Old Josh(Season 2; 2 episodes)
* Chad Mountain as Bailiff(Season 2; 2 episodes)
* Preston Mui as Choreographer(Season 2; "She Knows")
* Bruce Nozick as Walter Ruttenberg(Season 2; "She Knows")
* Paul Nygro as Kevin's Partner(Season 2; "Kill Me")
* Benjamin Plessala as Brian(Season 2; "Kill Me")
* Duvier Poviones as Daniel(Season 2; 2 episodes)
* Jeryl Prescott as Cecilia(Season 2; 2 episodes)
* Melinda Ratner as Esalen Wife(Season 2; "Kill Me")
* Amanda Reed as Diane(Season 2; "The Bad Mother")
* Davin Ringer as Bailiff(Season 2; "The Bad Mother")
* Travis Schuldt as Michael Something(Season 2; 2 episodes)
* Kimmy Shields as Kelly(5 episodes)
* Eliza Shin as Vice Principal Coolidge(Season 2; 3 episodes)
* Scott Alan Smith as Federal Prosecutor, James Taylor(Season 2; "Tell-Tale Hearts")
* Deb Snyder as Marsha(Season 2; "Kill Me")
* Joel Spence as Matt(7 episodes; Guest Starring in Season 1 and "What Have They Done?")
* Larry Sullivan as Oren(11 episodes; Guest Starring in Season 1 and "What Have They Done?")
* Maverick Thompson as Raymond(Season 2; "I Want to Know")
* Talia Toms as Dr. Kristin Harris(Season 2; "What Have They Done?")
* Taylor Treadwell as Young Mary Louise(Season 2; "I Want to Know")
* James Trevena-Brown as Brad Gorcey(Season 2; 2 episodes)
* Jessica Villalba as Nurse(Season 2; "The End of the World")
* Paull Walia as David Roberts(Season 2; "What Have They Done?")
* Carrie Wampler as Lori(2 episodes)
* Leonard Kelly-Young as Judge Vincent Pagano(Season 2; "Tell-Tale Hearts")
* Alan Godshaw, Mark Heidelberger, Larisa Kazanskaya, Michael Lenhardt, and Talon Tears as Concerned Parents(Season 2; "The End of the World")
* Earl D. Young, Antwon M. Young, Lorenzo Rankins, and Adrian L. Jackson as The Trammps featuring Earl Young(Season 2; "She Knows")
* Tim True as Detective Walt Gibson(6 episodes; archive footage in Season 2)

### Crew

#### Season 1

* Alix Friedberg(Costume Designer)
* Susan Jacobs(Music Supervisor)
* David Berman(Edited by)
* Maxime Lahaie(Edited by)
* Sylvain Lebel(Edited by)
* Jim Vega(Edited by)
* John Paino(Production Designer)
* Yves Bélanger(Director of Photography)
* Marc Côté(Co-Producer)
* Barbara A. Hall(Produced by)
* Nathan Ross(Executive Producer)
* Gregg Fienberg(Executive Producer)
* Nicole Kidman(Executive Producer)
* Per Saari(Executive Producer)
* Reese Witherspoon(Executive Producer)
* Bruna Papandrea(Executive Producer)
* Jean-Marc Vallée(Executive Producer; Directed by)
* David E. Kelley(Executive Producer; Created by; Written for television by)

#### Season 2

* Simon Astall(Music Supervisor)
* Ben Turner(Music Supervisor)
* Alix Friedberg(Costume Designer)
* Mags Arnold(Edited by)
* Dino Jonsäter(Edited by)
* Jacob Schulsinger(Edited by)
* Katie Weiland(Edited by)
* Sam Williams(Edited by)
* Maxime Lahaie(Edited by)
* Émile Vallée(Edited by)
* Jean-Marc Vallée(Edited by; Executive Producer)
* John Paino(Production Designer)
* Lauren Neustadter(Supervising Producer)
* David Auge(Produced by)
* Liane Moriarty(Executive Producer; Based on the Novel by; Story by)
* Nathan Ross(Executive Producer)
* Gregg Fienberg(Executive Producer)
* Nicole Kidman(Executive Producer)
* Per Saari(Executive Producer)
* Reese Witherspoon(Executive Producer)
* Bruna Papandrea(Executive Producer)
* Andrea Arnold(Executive Producer; Directed by)
* David E. Kelley(Executive Producer; Created by; Teleplay by; Story by)

## Gallery

### Season 1

#### Videos

##### Promos

Season 1 Episode 3 PromoSeason 1 Episode 4 PromoSeason 1 Episode 5 PromoSeason 1 Episode 5 Promo (2)Season 1 Episode 6 PromoSeason 1 Episode 6 Promo (2)Season 1 Episode 7 PromoSeason 1 Finale Promo
##### Clips

Season 1 Opening CreditsFirst Day of School (Season 1 Clip)Celeste & Perry (Season 1 Clip)As Objectively As I Possibly Can (Season 1 Clip)Couple of Things (Season 1 Clip)I Love My Grudges (Season 1 Clip)(Season 1 Episode 3 Clip)It Was a Fantastic Party (Season 1 Clip)What About My Father (Season 1 Clip)Do Not Let Them Get to You (Season 1 Clip)I Want More (Season 1 Clip)Never Let a Bully Win (Season 1 Clip)Do We Have to be Teenagers (Season 1 Clip)Constructive Chat (Season 1 Clip)The Ability to Pretend (Season 1 Clip)I Salute Your Cause (Season 1 Clip)I Don't Know What to Do (Season 1 Clip)It's Human Nature (Season 1 Clip)
##### Behind the Scenes

Invitation to Set with Nicole Kidman & Reese WitherspoonBehind the Scenes of Season 1 Episode 1Cast PlaylistBehind the Scenes of Season 1 Episode 3Behind the Scenes of Season 1 Episode 4Behind the Scenes of Season 1 Episode 5Behind the Scenes of Season 1 Episode 6Behind the Scenes of Season 1 Episode 7
##### Recaps

"Somebody's Dead" (Season 1 Episode 1 Recap)"Serious Mothering" (Season 1 Episode 2 Recap)"Living the Dream" (Season 1 Episode 3 Recap)"Push Comes to Shove" (Season 1 Episode 4 Recap)"Once Bitten" (Season 1 Episode 5 Recap)"Burning Love" (Season 1 Episode 6 Recap)
##### 2018 Golden Globe Awards

2018 Golden Globe® Awards HBO Redcarpet Buzz w Nicole Kidman, Alexander Skarsgård & More!

### Season 2

#### Videos

##### Trailers

Season 2 Official TeaserSeason 2 Official Trailer
##### Promos

In The Weeks Ahead (Season 2)In The Weeks Ahead (Season 2) (2)Season 2 Episode 4 PromoSeason 2 Episode 5 PromoSeason 2 Episode 6 PromoI Want to Know (Season 2 Episode 7 Promo)
##### Clips

Opening Credits (Season 2 Episode 1 Clip)Coffee Shop (Season 2 Episode 1 Clip)Scream (Season 2 Episode 1 Clip)Madeline and Mary Louise Talk in the Driveway (Season 2 Episode 2 Clip)Renata and Gordon Fight in the Car (Season 2 Episode 2 Clip)Renata Has Words for Amabella's TeacherWe Stay (Season 2 Episode 4 Clip)The Slap (Season 2 Episode 4 Clip)Ed Rejects Nathan's Apology (Season 2 Episode 5 Clip)Renata vs. Mary Louise (Season 2 Episode 7 Clip)
##### Big Little Roundtable

Big Little Roundtable (Part 1)Big Little Roundtable (Part 2)Big Little Roundtable (Part 3)Big Little Roundtable (Part 4)
##### Behind the Scenes

That's a Wrap on Big Little Lies Season 2 BTS

## References

1. ↑ *Big Little Lies* Eyes Spring 2018 Production Start for Season 2 | TVLine
2. ↑ *Big Little Lies* | HBO
3. ↑ *Big Little Lies* Release Date, Cast, Plot, Everything You Need to Know | Digital Spy