Sophina Brown, Jeff Pierre & Cedric Joe Round Out Series Regular Cast Of Courtney A. Kemp’s ‘Nemesis’

Rosy Cordero

Fri, April 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM UTC

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Sophina Brown, Jeff Pierre, and Cedric Joe have been cast as series regulars in the crime drama Nemesis, created by Courtney A. Kemp and Tani Marole, set in L.A. and described as an action heist series in the vein of Power.
The show follows the story of two men, an expert criminal named Coltrane Wilder and a brilliant police detective named Isaiah Stiles, exploring themes of family dynamics, life-or-death stakes, and what drives, sustains, and ultimately destroys us.
Courtney Kemp serves as showrunner and executive producer on Nemesis, with Mario Van Peebles directing and executive producing the first two episodes, set to film in L.A.

EXCLUSIVE:Sophina Brown ( Twenties , Kindred) , Jeff Pierre ( Walker, Mercy ) and Cedric Joe ( Space Jam: A New Legacy , Women of the Movement ) round out the series regular cast of Nemesis , a crime drama created by Courtney A. Kemp (“Power” Universe) and Tani Marole described as an action heist series in the vein of Power set in L.A. where the new series will film.

Brown will play ‘Charlie,’ Pierre will play ‘Malik Jacobs,’ and Joe will play ‘Noah Stiles.’ They join the previously announced cast of Matthew Law, Y’Ian Noel, Cleopatra Coleman, Tre Hale, Domenick Lombardozzi, Jonnie Park, Ariana Guerra, Gabrielle Dennis and Michael Potts.

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Nemesis is the story of two men on either side of the law, the tale of what happens when an unstoppable force (an expert criminal), Coltrane Wilder (Noel), meets an immovable object (a brilliant police detective), Isaiah Stiles (Law). What starts as a series that aims to subvert the heist genre at every turn, amped with thrilling life-or-death stakes, family dynamics and explosive action, actually gives birth to an exploration of what drives us, sustains us, and ultimately destroys us.

In her first project with Netflix , Kemp serves as showrunner on Nemesis, which she is executive producing with Marole, Chris Selak of Kemp’s End of Episode and Philipp Barnett. Mario Van Peebles ( Power Book III: Raising Kanan ) will direct and executive produce Episodes 1 and 2.

Brown is repped by SDB Partners and Emery Entertainment.

Pierre is repped by Buchwald and Main Title Entertainmnet.

Joe is repped by Arise Artists Agency and Luber Roklin Entertainment.

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