EXCLUSIVE: Gabrielle Policano (Baby Girl), Jacob Moskovitz (Y2K) and Chandler Kinney (Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin) have joined the series regular cast of Prime Video‘s Legally Blonde prequel series Elle, executive produced by the film franchise’s star Reese Witherspoon.
The trio joins the previously announced cast, including Lexi Minetree (Elle), June Diane Raphael (Elle’s mom, Eva), and Tom Everett Scott (Elle’s dad, Wyatt).
From creator Laura Kittrell, the series follows Elle Woods in high school as we learn about the life experiences that shaped her into the iconic young woman in the first Legally Blonde film.
Moskovitz has been cast as ‘Miles,’ the school’s star athlete who is charmed by Elle.
Kinney will play ‘Kimberly,’ a sharp-tongued senior who is not a fan of the show’s titular character.
Policano will portray ‘Liz,’ the anti-Elle Woods.
Showrunners Kittrell and Caroline Dries executive produce with Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter of Hello Sunshine and the films’ producer Marc Platt. Jason Moore (Pitch Perfect) is directing the first two episodes. Elle is produced by Hello Sunshine and Amazon MGM Studios.
Kinney starred in the HBO Max series Pretty Little Liars: Summer School last year and in 2023, Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin. She will soon reprise her role as ‘Willa’ in Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires, set for release this year. She originated the character in the Disney Channel’s musical Zombies, which spun off into a franchise. She also voiced the role of ‘Willa’ in Zombies: The Re-Animated Series for Disney for two seasons. Kinney was most recently seen in the latest season of Dancing with the Stars, where she placed 3rd alongside her partner, Brandon Armstrong. Previously, she was a series regular in FOX’s Lethal Weapon, working opposite Damon Wayans and Sean William Scott. She is repped by Paradigm, Industry Entertainment, and Gang Tyre Ramer.
Moskovitz is a New York-based actor who will next be seen starring in the Seth Meyers-produced feature film, Brian. He can currently be seen in the A24 feature, Y2K, directed/written by Kyle Mooney and Evan Winter. His other upcoming feature credits include Isle Child, directed/written by Thomas Percy Kim, and The Floaters, directed by Rachael Israel. On TV, credits include Chicago P.D. (NBC), The Good Fight (Paramount+), Magnum P.I. (NBC), and FBI: International (CBS). A graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts BFA Acting program, Moskovitz’s collaborators on theatre projects include Michael Arden and Kenny Ortega. He is repped by CESD.
Policano (she/they) is a New York-based actor who recently starred opposite Maggie Siff in Breaking The Story at Second Stage, as well as in the lead role of ‘H’ in Falcon Girls at Yale Rep. A graduate of Boston University’s BFA Acting program, their other theatre credits include Let the Right One In (Berkeley Rep) and The Welkin (Atlantic Theater Company), as well as workshops with NYSAF and the Williamstown Theatre Festival. In film, she appeared in a supporting role opposite Nicole Kidman in the A24 film Babygirl. Policano is also an award-winning spoken word poet, having performed regularly with the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. They are repped by CESD and Suskin/Karshan Management
