Taking place in 2052, thirty-seven years since the end of the original series, Echoes follows the life of the now adult Kira and her wife, as they try to help an amnesiac woman.
Cast and characters
Main
Krysten Ritter as Lucy, a woman who has undergone a procedure and has no memory of who she is / Young Dr. Eleanor Miller
Keeley Hawes as Dr. Kira Manning, a scientist, wife of Eleanor and mother of Lucas. She is the daughter of Sarah Manning, the protagonist from the original Orphan Black series. She was previously portrayed by Skyler Wexler in the original series.
Amanda Fix as Jules Lee, an adoptive teenager of wealthy parents who looks like Lucy / 16-years-old Eleanor Miller
Avan Jogia as Jack, Lucy's boyfriend and a former army medic and single father
James Hiroyuki Liao as Paul Darros, a powerful self-made billionaire who runs the Darros Foundation
Izad Etemadi as Dr. Josh Tartakovich, a scientist and friend of Kira
Alice Hamid as Rhona, Lucas' girlfriend
Vinson Tran as Xander Darros, a print-out of Paul Darros
Guest
Jordan Gavaris as Felix Dawkins, Kira's uncle. Gavaris reprises his role from the original Orphan Black series.
Marnie McPhail-Diamond as Dr. Pam Teller, a
neuropsychologist who tells Jules she was in an accident and lost her memory. She later gives Jules a fake journal that Jules supposedly wrote.
Evelyne Brochu as Dr. Delphine Cormier, Kira's aunt, who comes to aid Kira on behalf of her wife, Cosima. Brochu reprises her role from the original Orphan Black series.
Production
In March 2019, it was reported that a new series set in the Orphan Black universe was in early development stages at
AMC, to be produced by
Temple Street Productions.[5] In February 2022, it was announced that Anna Fishko would be the writer of the show and that the series would follow a new story set in the same world as Orphan Black.[6] In April 2022, the series was greenlit and titled Orphan Black: Echoes.[7]