Janelle Monae To Star In Amazon's 'Homecoming' Season Two
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- On Top Magazine Staff
- | July 25, 2019
Out singer-actor Janelle Monáe will headline the second season of Amazon's Homecoming.
Monáe, who has appeared in the much-acclaimed films Hidden Figures and Moonlight, will replace Julia Roberts in the psychological thriller series.
“Excited and ready for this wild ride,” Monáe said in an Instagram post.
(Related: Janelle Monáe comes out as a “queer black woman in America.”)
According to Deadline, Monáe will portray a woman who has no memory of how she ended up in a canoe.
Roberts, who will continue as an executive producer of the series, had a one-year commitment to the show from Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail and based on Gimlet Media's podcast of the same name.