Sweet Magnolias

Premise

Cast and characters

Main

• JoAnna Garcia Swisher as Maddie Townsend, a recently divorced woman in Serenity, South Carolina who is trying get back in the workforce. She is part of a friend group who called themselves Sweet Magnolias.
• Heather Headley as Helen Decatur, an accomplished attorney. She is Dana Sue's and Maddie's best friend, and one of the Sweet Magnolias. She bought a mansion to build a spa called The Corner Spa with Maddie and Dana Sue.
• Brooke Elliott as Dana Sue Sullivan, a chef and owner of a restaurant called Sullivan's. She is Helen’s and Maddie's best friend and part of the Sweet Magnolias
• Logan Allen as Kyle Townsend, Maddie and Bill's younger son who is a freshman at Serenity High School. He has a crush on Annie.
• Anneliese Judge as Annie Sullivan, Dana Sue's daughter. She is friends with the Townsend brothers and an avid photographer.
• Carson Rowland as Tyler "Ty" Townsend, Maddie and Bill's eldest son who is a junior at Serenity High School and a pitcher of his high school baseball team
• Justin Bruening as Cal Maddox, Ty's baseball coach and Maddie's love interest. He was a former professional baseball player.
• Chris Klein as Bill Townsend, Maddie's ex-husband and a family doctor at Serenity Family Physicians
• Jamie Lynn Spears as Noreen Fitzgibbons, Bill's pregnant fiancée who was his mistress

  Recurring

• Dion Johnstone as Erik Whitley, the sous chef at Sullivan's and a mentor to Isaac
• Chris Medlin as Isaac Downey, a member of the kitchen staff at Sullivan's. He recently moved to Serenity to find his birth father.
• Bianca Berry Tarantino as Katie Townsend, Maddie and Bill's youngest daughter
• Frank Oakley III as Harlan Bixby, the assistant coach of Serenity High School baseball team
• Allison Gabriel as Mary Vaughn Lewis, the wife of the mayor of Serenity
• Brittany L. Smith as Peggy Martin
• Tracey Bonner as Pastor June Wilkes
• Charles Lawlor as Collins Littlefield
• Harlan Drum as CeCe Matney, Ty's love interest
• Sam Ashby as Jackson Lewis, Ty's baseball rival teammate and Mary Vaugh's son
• Hunter Burke as Trotter Vidhyarkorn, Cal's best friend who works at The Corner Spa as a yoga instructor
• Al-Jaleel Knox as Gabe Weatherspoon, Ty's best friend and baseball teammate
• Michael Shenefelt as Ryan Wingate, Helen's on-and-off boyfriend
• Michael May as Simon Spry, Annie's friend

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