Maria Bello Boards Kevin Williamson’s ‘Waterfront’ at Netflix
Netflix and Kevin Williamson’s drama series The Waterfront is adding to its cast.
Maria Bello, an Emmy nominee for the streamer’s Beef, will star opposite Holt McCallany in the series. She’ll play the matriarch of a family that runs a “crumbling fishing empire” in North Carolina. Netflix announced the series in May at its upfront presentation to advertisers.
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The Waterfront marks a return to North Carolina for Dawson’s Creek creator Williamson, who shot his breakout series (though it was set in Massachusetts) in Wilmington.
The logline for The Waterfront reads, “Inspired by true events, The Waterfront dives into the flawed Buckley family as their attempts to retain control of their crumbling North Carolina fishing empire drive them to increasingly dangerous means to keep themselves afloat.”
Bello will play Mae Buckley, who has been running the family business with her son after her husband, Harlan (McCallany), took a step back. She’s been employing questionable tactics to keep the fishery running in a desperate attempt to save the family.
In addition to Beef, IAG-repped Bello has had a heavily recurring role on CBS’ NCIS in recent seasons. Her credits also include Prime Video’s Goliath and feature films The Water Man, A History of Violence and The Cooler. She earned Golden Globe nominations for the latter two, and won a SAG Award as part of the cast of ER in 1998.
Universal Television is producing The Waterfront. Williamson is writing the series and will executive produce with his Outerbanks Entertainment partner Ben Fast.
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