List of Euphoria characters

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Euphoria is an American teen drama television series created by Sam Levinson, which centres on a group of dysfunctional high school students at East Highland High School. The series premiered on June 16, 2019, on HBO.

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Appearances

Key
  Main cast (credited)
  Recurring cast (3 or more episodes)
  Guest cast (1–2 episodes)
ActorCharacterSeasonsSpecials
1 2 3
Main characters
Zendaya Rue Bennett Main
Hunter Schafer Jules Vaughn Main
Sydney Sweeney Cassie Howard MainDoes not appear
Maude Apatow Lexi Howard MainDoes not appear
Alexa Demie Maddy Perez MainDoes not appear
Jacob Elordi Nate Jacobs Main
Barbie Ferreira Kat Hernandez MainDoes not appear
Angus Cloud Fezco MainDoes not appear
Eric Dane Cal Jacobs MainDoes not appear
Nika King Leslie Bennett MainDoes not appear
Storm Reid Gia Bennett MainDoes not appear
Algee Smith Chris McKay Main [lower-alpha 1] Does not appear
Javon "Wanna" Walton Ashtray Recurring MainDoes not appear
Austin Abrams Ethan Daley RecurringMainDoes not appear
Dominic Fike Elliot Does not appearMainDoes not appear
Colman Domingo Ali Muhammad RecurringTBAMain
Recurring characters
Alanna Ubach Suze HowardRecurringTBADoes not appear
Lukas Gage Tyler ClarksonRecurringDoes not appear
John Ales David VaughnRecurring Guest TBAGuest
Keean Johnson Daniel DimarcoRecurringDoes not appear
Paula Marshall Marsha JacobsRecurringTBADoes not appear
Zak SteinerAaron JacobsRecurringTBADoes not appear
Mercedes ColonKat's momRecurringDoes not appear
Tyler ChaseCusterRecurringDoes not appear
Tyler TimmonsTroy McKayRecurringDoes not appear
Tristan TimmonsRoy McKayRecurringDoes not appear
Sophia Rose WilsonBarbara "BB" BrooksRecurringTBADoes not appear
Bruce WexlerRobert BennettRecurringGuestTBADoes not appear
MeekoMouseRecurringGuestDoes not appear
Marsha GamblesMiss MarshaRecurringGuestTBAGuest
Nick Blood Gus HowardGuestRecurringTBADoes not appear
Pell James Amy VaughnGuestDoes not appearTBAGuest
Martha Kelly LaurieDoes not appearRecurringTBADoes not appear
Minka Kelly SamanthaDoes not appearRecurringTBADoes not appear
Chloe Cherry FayeDoes not appearRecurringDoes not appear
Melvin "Bonez" EstesBruceDoes not appearRecurringTBADoes not appear
Yukon ClementTheoDoes not appearRecurringTBADoes not appear
Fernando BeloSebastianDoes not appearRecurringTBADoes not appear
Veronica TaylorBobbiDoes not appearRecurringTBADoes not appear
Ansel PierceCalebDoes not appearRecurringTBADoes not appear
  1. Credited as a regular up to the second episode of the second season.

Main characters

Zendaya stars as Rue, and also serves as executive producer. Zendaya - 2019 by Glenn Francis.jpg
Zendaya stars as Rue, and also serves as executive producer.

Ruby "Rue" Bennett

Rue was born on September 14, 2001, 3 days after 9/11. At the time of the first season, she is a recovering teenage drug addict who is fresh out of rehab and struggling to find her place in the world. Sarcastic and introverted, she serves as the narrator for the series. [1] She lives with her mom and sister. Her dad died from cancer before the start of the series. She is best friends with Lexi, having known her since preschool. The plot of the first season mainly revolves around her relationship with Jules. The second season finds her continuing to struggle with addiction as she becomes involved with drug trafficking, and enters an official relationship with Jules.

Maude Apatow stars as Lexi, Cassie's sister. Maude Apatow at SXSW Red Carpet premiere of BLOCKERS (26876897268) (cropped).jpg
Maude Apatow stars as Lexi, Cassie's sister.

Alexis "Lexi" Howard

Lexi was born on January 11, 2001. She is Rue's childhood best friend, and Cassie's younger sister. She spends most of her teenage years in the shadow of her big sister, always feeling like an outsider and an observer of her own life.

Determined to do more and to finally step into the spotlight, she creates a play in Season 2 and bases it on everything that has happened around her. At the same time, she grows closer to Fezco after discovering an unexpected compatibility, including some unusual, shared interests (such as the 1986 film Stand by Me).

Fezco

Fez is a local drug dealer with a close, sibling-like relationship with Rue. He was raised by his grandmother who is now disabled. He lives with Ashtray, whom he considers his business partner, and even though they do not appear to be related, he treats him like a brother. He starts a camaraderie (with romantic undertones) with Lexi in Season 2.

Cal Jacobs

Cal is Nate's strict, demanding father with a double life. He is married to and fathers three children with Marsha, his high school girlfriend (one of whom is unnamed). However, he has one-night stands with men and transgender youths, which he records with a hidden camera. He leaves his family and gets arrested in Season 2.

Madeleine "Maddy" Perez

Confident, combative and popular, Maddy is Nate's on-and-off girlfriend and later ex-girlfriend. She has a turbulent relationship with her family and was frequently emotionally and sometimes physically abused by Nate while they were together. Her biggest fear is ending up in a relationship like her parents' loveless one, so she often excuses Nate's acts of violence as proof of his passion for her. Despite her hotheadedness, she is kind and values her close friends, like Kat and BB, as well as Rue, Jules and Lexi. Cassie was once her best friend, before she betrayed her by having a secret fling with Nate in the second season.

Jacob Elordi stars as Nate, a high school athlete. Jacob Elordi for Vanity Fair 02.jpg
Jacob Elordi stars as Nate, a high school athlete.

Nathaniel "Nate" Jacobs

Nate is a high school athlete whose anger issues mask his sexual insecurities. Viewing his father's pornography collection at a young age left him traumatized. He has harbored an unspecified fixation on Jules. He has an on-off and toxic relationship with Maddy during season 1, and he starts a secret relationship with Cassie, which damages the girls' friendship, in season 2.

Nate often has dangerous outbursts of anger and violence, of which Maddy is usually on the receiving end, such as when he chokes her in season 1 and threatens her with a gun in season 2.

Barbie Ferreira stars as Kat, a girl fighting for body-positivity. Barbie Ferreira for Vogue 2020.png
Barbie Ferreira stars as Kat, a girl fighting for body-positivity.

Katherine "Kat" Hernandez

Kat was born on August 15, 2002. She is a girl fighting for body positivity while exploring her sexuality. She is a plus-sized teenage girl with chin-length hair, ivory skin, and dark brown eyes. [3] At the beginning of the first season, she wears cat-eye glasses and her everyday clothes often consist of average shirts, tops, and dresses, preferring minimalist makeup looks.

Leslie Bennett

Leslie is Rue and Gia's mother. After losing her husband, Leslie takes care of her children on her own.

Georgia "Gia" Bennett

Gia was born in late 2005 and is Rue's caring and loyal younger sister. The summer before Rue's junior year, Gia found her overdosing and choking on a pool of vomit, which traumatized her.

Hunter Schafer stars as Jules, Rue's love interest. Hunter Schafer-64188.jpg
Hunter Schafer stars as Jules, Rue's love interest.

Jules Vaughn

Jules is a transgender girl who enters into a turbulent relationship with Rue after moving into town. She has a strained relationship with her mother, who placed her in a psychiatric hospital against her will when she was 11. Free-spirited and kind, as well as emotional and impulsive, she often finds herself bearing the weight of Rue's addiction. In the second season, she cheats on Rue with Elliot.

Christopher "Chris" McKay

McKay is a young football player and Cassie's ex-boyfriend who is having difficulties adjusting to college. He is hazed by his fraternity brothers at a party and ends up getting Cassie pregnant which leads to her having an abortion.

Sydney Sweeney stars as Cassie, Lexi's sister. Sydney Sweeney 2019 by Glenn Francis.jpg
Sydney Sweeney stars as Cassie, Lexi's sister.

Cassandra "Cassie" Howard

Cassie is a sweet and popular girl who enjoys ice skating and is Lexi's older sister. Facing objectification from a young age, as well as her father leaving her family, has left the need for male validation as her Achilles' heel. She has had multiple past relationships which often ended in revenge porn of her being spread.

In the first season she enters a relationship with McKay, who she later breaks up with following an abortion. Seeking comfort, she has a secret fling with Nate in the second season, causing her to lose her sense of self and ruining her friendship with Maddy.

Ali

Ali is a man in recovery from substance use disorder who often speaks at Rue's Narcotics Anonymous meetings and eventually becomes her sponsor. [5]

Ashtray

Ashtray is Fez's "little brother" and a drug dealer. He is a recurring character throughout season 1 but becomes a main character in season 2. He is killed after being shot in the head by a SWAT team member during a police raid at the house he shares with Fez.

Ethan Daley

Ethan is Kat's love interest who becomes her boyfriend.

Dominic Fike stars as Elliot, A friend of Rue and Jules. 2021 Shaky Knees Dominic Fike (2).jpg
Dominic Fike stars as Elliot, A friend of Rue and Jules.

Elliot

Elliot is a classmate and new friend of Rue's, who comes between her and Jules. He is also a musician.

Supporting characters

Recurring guest stars

Co-stars

Guest stars

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