Meet the Fresh Faces in ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3: Get to Know the New Cast Members, Including Lisa from BLACKPINK and Aimee Lou Wood from ‘Sex Education’

Who is Kate in The White Lotus: Kate is a wife and mother who hails from Austin, Texas. She’s visiting the White Lotus in Thailand as a part of a group that includes her childhood besties, Jaclyn and Laurie. Of the three, Kate is probably the most conservative.

What to Know About Leslie Bibb: Ryan Murphy obsessives will remember thatLeslie Bibb made her first big splash starring on the cult hit Popular. Since then, she’s appeared on TV shows like Crossing Jordan and in movies like Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. She might be best known for her recurring role in the MCU as journalist/Iron Man love interest Christine Everhart, but she’s recently appeared in Juror #2 and on Palm Springs. She’s married to Sam Rockwell IRL and you can follow her @mslesliebibb.

Who is Laurie in The White Lotus: We learn in the first episode of The White Lotus that Laurie works in corporate law in NYC and has had a few personally challenging years. She is the only single lady in her group and, like Kate, has known Jaclyn since they were young.

What to Know About Carrie Coon: Carrie Coon started her career as a celebrated theater actress before breaking out in 2014 as both a series lead on HBO’s The Leftovers and co-starring in David Fincher’s Gone Girl. While she’s continued to work on stage alongside husband Tracy Letts, Coon’s also become beloved for her work as social-climbing robber baron wife Bertha Russell on The Gilded Age. You can follow her @carriecoon.

Who is Rick in The White Lotus: We first meet Rick lighting up a cigarette on the boat to The White Lotus and running afoul of the Ratliffs for his decision to smoke. As the series goes on, we learn that he is deeply unhappy and fixated on the resort’s owner, Sritala. He’s also in a relationship with the much-younger Chelsea. 

What to Know About Walton Goggins:  Walton Goggins is a beloved actor known for his work as Boyd Crowder on Justified, Baby Billy on The Righteous Gemstones, and, most recently, playing the Ghoul on Fallout. He’s also appeared in the Quentin Tarantino films Django Unchained and The Hateful Eight. He just launched a goggles brand. You can follow him @waltongogginsbonafide.

Who is Piper in The White Lotus: Piper is the middle child and only daughter of the Ratliff family. We learn in Episode 1 that the Ratliffs have left North Carolina — and their usual vacation spots — to visit Thailand so Piper can interview a local Buddhist monk at a monastery. Piper seems to be more interested in philosophy than luxury. 

What to Know About Sarah Catherine Hook: Alabama native Sarah Catherine Hook is an actress and singer (with opera training) whom you’ve seen in teen dramas like First Kill and Cruel Intentions. Fun fact: her full first name is Sarah Catherine, as in both names are her first name. You can follow her @sarahcatherine.hook.

Who is Timothy in The White Lotus: Timothy Ratliff is the seemingly perfect patriarch of the Ratliff family. While he dotes on his wife and engenders respect from his children, Tim has a secret that threatens to undo the whole family. The White Lotus’s official trailer reveals that he might be embroiled in a little bit of white collar crime. 

What to Know About Jason Isaacs: British actor Jason Isaacs is perhaps best known for playing the bleach blond Harry Potter villain Lucius Malfoy, but he’s also played the likes of Captain Hook and a Sith Inquisitor over the years on screen. In recent years, Isaacs has appeared in The Death of Stalin, Operation Mincemeat, and Star Trek: Discovery. You can follow him @therealjasonisaacs.

Who is Mook in The White Lotus: Mook is a kind and beautiful young woman who works at The White Lotus resort. She is initially assigned to work for VIPs Rick and Chelsea. We meet her when friend and colleague Gaitok comes to her aid, offering her a ride to work after her own scooter breaks down.

What to Know About Lalisa Manobal: Lalisa Manobal is the birth name of the international k-pop star known to billions simply as Lisa. The White Lotus marks her official acting debut, but Lisa is a massive, billboard-charting music star on her own and with her band, BLACKPINK. You can follow her @lalalalisa_m.

Who is Jaclyn in The White Lotus: Jaclyn, or Jackie, is a popular television actress fronting the bill for her friends’ “victory tour” of Thailand. The beautiful TV star is recognized by normies and boastful of her perfect marriage to a younger man back home, but her two friends suspect there’s more going on. 

What to Know About Michelle Monaghan:  Michelle Monaghan is an American actress who shot to fame starring in the ‘00s, appearing in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Gone Baby Gone, and Mission: Impossible III. Monaghan has reprised her role in that last film, as Tom Cruise’s beloved wife, a few more times in the massive franchise. More recently, Monaghan starred in Bad Monkey and MaXXXine. You can follow her @michellemonaghan.

Who is Lochlan in The White Lotus: Lochlan is the youngest Ratliff child and the most lost. The high school senior has gotten into both his father and brother’s alma mater (Duke) and the school his mother and sister attended, UNC Chapel Hill. Locky, as he’s called, is also consistently torn between his family members, eager to please them all. 

What to Know About Sam Nivola: If you’re a fan of glossy “eat the rich” murder satires, you might recognize the 21-year-old from another recent hit series, Netflix’s The Perfect Couple. Nivola is the real life son of American actor Alessandro Nivola and British actress Emily Mortimer. He’s also acted in White Noise and Maestro. Cute couple alert: he brought girlfriend Iris Apatow to the premiere this past week. You can follow him @samnivola. 

Who is Sritala in The White Lotus: Sritala is the elegant wife of Mr. Hollinger, the owner of the White Lotus Thailand. She’s the architect of the resort’s celebrated wellness center and boasts a former career as a Thai actress and singer. While she fawns over Jackie, Rick works to get close to her.

What to Know About Lev Patravadi: Also known as Patravadi Mejudhon, this Thai National Artist is also an actress, playwright, TV director, and teacher. Besides appearing in a 2018 Thai show, In Family We Trust, most of her onscreen credits date back to the 1970s…much like her character! You can follow her @lek_patravadi.

Who is Victoria in The White Lotus: Victoria is the loopy matriarch of the Ratliff clan, obsessed with fitting in with “decent” people and enjoying the perfect image of her family. Victoria can rarely be seen without a glass of wine or a bottle of pills in her hand. She relies on both — primarily the pills, though — to calm her down.

What to Know About Parker Posey: Parker Posey is a literal film icon, thanks in huge part to her omnipresence in ‘90s indie cinema, breaking out in Dazed and Confused, House of Yes, Kicking and Screaming, Henry Fool, and more. Recently, she’s appeared in Lost in Space, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and Thelma. You can follow her @itsparkerposey.

Who is Belinda in The White Lotus: We first met Belinda all the way back in The White Lotus Season 1, when she was the spa manager at the Maui resort. There, she came into contact with Jennifer Coolidge’s Tanya, who promised to fund Belinda’s dream of starting her own spa…until she ghosted the hotel employee. 

Belinda is back in The White Lotus Season 3 because she’s staying for three months at the White Lotus Thailand to learn all about their ground-breaking wellness treatments. 

What to Know About Natasha Rothwell: Natasha Rothwell is an actress, writer, and comedian. After writing for SNL for one year, she became a writer and cast member on the HBO hit Insecure. In addition to appearances on The White Lotus’s first season and in all three Sonic movies, Rothwell also created her own series for Hulu, How to Die Alone. You can follow her @natasharothwell. 

Who is Saxon in The White Lotus: Saxon is the eldest Ratliff child and the most cocky and abrasive. We know that he works with his father and has a one-track mind for sex. Saxon almost immediately sets out to hit on as many women at the White Lotus as possible. 

What to Know About Patrick Schwarzenegger: Patrick Schwarzenegger is an actor, model, and, yes, son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver. He’s appeared on screen in films like Midnight Sun and Moxie, but you might best recognize him from The Boys spin-off Gen V, The Staircase, or American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez. You can follow him @patrickschwarzenegger.

Who is Gaitok in The White Lotus: Gaitok is the kind security guard who mans the front gate at the Thai resort. We learn in the first episode that he’s clearly sweet on Mook, whom he helps get to work. Gaitok also idolizes the Hollingers’ bodyguards, even though he doesn’t seem to possess the toughness needed to work in his line.

What to Know About Tayme Thapthimthong:  The White Lotus marks something of a major break for Thai actor Tayme Thapthimthong, who has hitherto only racked up a couple of small roles in projects in Thai Cave Rescue or Mechanic: Resurrection. Also known as Maethi Thampthimthong, you can follow him @taymettt.

Who is Chelsea in The White Lotus: Chelsea is Rick’s optimistic and romantic-minded younger girlfriend. While Rick looks for the despair in every situation, Chelsea only sees positivity. It forces friction between the couple, as Chelsea believes it’s her task to look out for Rick. 

What to Know About Aimee Lou Wood: Manchester native Aimee Lou Wood got her start in British theater before breaking out in the BAFTA-winning role of Aimee on Sex Education. Wood has also appeared in The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, Living, and Alice & Jack. She can next be seen in Toxic Town and you can follow her @aimeelouwood.