Haley Lu Richardson joins Universal's Miami Vice '85 reboot

Haley Lu Richardson, who rose to prominence through the second season of The White Lotus, has joined Universal Pictures' highly anticipated reboot, Miami Vice '85, according to Deadline.

Details about the role she will play have not yet been disclosed, CE Report quotes ANA-MPA.

The star of the series Ponies joins a high-profile leading duo consisting of Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler, who will portray the iconic detectives Ricardo “Rico” Tubbs and James “Sonny” Crockett, respectively.

According to Wikipedia, Haley Lu Richardson (born March 7, 1995) is an American actress.

Following early television roles on the Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up (2013) and the ABC Family supernatural drama Ravenswood (2013–14), she acted in the coming-of-age film The Edge of Seventeen (2016) and the psychological horror film Split (2016).

Richardson had her breakout role in the independent drama Columbus (2017), for which she received a Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Actress nomination.

She continued to appear in critically acclaimed independent films such as Support the Girls (2018), Unpregnant (2020), and After Yang (2022).

Richardson also starred in the second season of the HBO anthology series The White Lotus (2022), the romantic comedy film Love at First Sight (2023), and the Peacock series Ponies (2026).

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