Blindspotting Character Guide
A character guide for STARZ’s “Blindspotting.” Included is information about characters and noteworthy information about the series they’re in.
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A character guide for STARZ’s “Blindspotting.” Included is information about characters and noteworthy information about the series.
Please Note: This content contains pertinent spoilers, descriptions are updated as new information is presented, images changed as better ones are captured, and this is not an exhaustive list of every cast member, guest star, or reoccurring role.
General Information
| Network(s) | STARZ |
| Genre(s) | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Young Adult |
| Created By | Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs |
| Based On | The Events Of The Film “Blindspotting.” |
| First Aired | 6/13/2021 |
| Executive Produced By | Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs, Jess Wu Calder, Keith Calder, Ken Lee, Tim Palen, Emily Gerson Saines, Seith Mann |
| Showrunner(s) | Rafael Casal |
Groups & Organizations
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Notable Locations & Items
- Premium Women Gentlemen’s Club (1.3): Where Trish works
Other Noteworthy Information
- Rule of Three (1.3): Rainey’s discipline belief in which you’d pop a child when they are a toddler, a teen, and then on the cusp of adulthood
- Meatfest (2.7): A going on 27-year celebration Rainey has which deals with having all kinds of meat to spite her ex, Miles’ father, who was vegan
Season 1
| Air Dates | 6/13/2021 – 8/8/2021 |
| Episode Count | 8 |
Plot
After around 12 years together, Ashley and Miles face their greatest challenge yet: Him going to jail. This is really bad for Ashley since they were just getting their s*** together. Luckily, however, Miles’ mother, Rainey, and half-sister Trish have a place where Ashley and Sean, Ashley and Miles’ son, can stay in the Bay Area.
The problem is with that is Rainey, while nice, isn’t much for enforcing rules and boundaries, and Trish? Oh, she takes full advantage of that. Such as having her friends in barely-there clothes to post onto Instagram in the living room and exposing Sean to his first pair of breasts, which weren’t his mother’s. But this is Ashley’s life now, and she has to make the best of it until she can do better.
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Ashley Rose (Jasmine Cephas Jones)
A concierge for the Alcatraz Hotel, Ashley and her partner of 12 years, Miles, were just finding stability when he ended up in jail. Thus causing all their plans to blow up and Ashley to move in, with their son Sean, into Miles’ childhood home.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 1, Episode 1
- Age (1.1): Ashley is 32
- Work-Life (1.2): Goes by Rose at work and fakes a British accent
- Nickname (1.4): Janelle often calls her Smash
- Parents (1.4): Her mom, Genevieve, is dead, and she has a sordid relationship with her dad.
Quotes & Gifs
Miles Turner (Rafael Casal)
Ashley’s long-time partner, who mostly worked in logistics, moving people, but with a recent drug arrest, all he is doing is spending time in jail.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 1, Episode 1
- Jail Time (1.2): Sentenced to 58 months for MDMA possession and resisting arrest
- Being Held At (1.4): Oakland Penitentiary
- Years Together (1.8): Has been with Ashley for 12 years
Quotes & Gifs
Rainey (Helen Hunt)
Miles and Trish’s mother is rather liberal, which is fine in terms of getting along with her, but she and Ashley disagree quite a bit as authority figures.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 1, Episode 1
Quotes & Gifs
Trish (Jaylen Barron)
Trish is Miles’ half-sister who is a sex worker through stripping. Trish has dreams of owning her own club, but securing the financing for it has long been a problem.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 1, Episode 1
- Job (1.3): Trish is trying to transition from dancing to being a House Mom at the strip club she works at
Quotes & Gifs
Sean (Atticus Woodward)
Sean is Miles and Ashley’s adorable child who doesn’t know his dad is in prison.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 1, Episode 1
- Age (1.2): Is 6
- Originally Played By (Blindspotting Movie): Ziggy Baitinger
- Relationship with Grandmother (1.6): Unfortunately, his grandmother died within a year after he was born.
- Age (2.1): He is seven years old
Quotes & Gifs
Nancy (Margo Hall)
Collin and Janelle’s mother who usually is going out somewhere.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 1, Episode 2
- Ethnic Background (1.6): Her grandmother was white
Quotes & Gifs
Janelle (Candace Nicholas-Lippman)
Ashley’s best friend who just got back from traveling throughout the world
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 1, Episode 2
- Best Friends Since? (1.4): Janelle and Ashley have been friends since 6th grade when she and her beat some boy’s ass
- Brother (1.4): Her brother is Colin
- Black Card Revoked (1.6): Can’t play spades or dominoes
- Ex-Husband (1.8): Janelle was married to a man named Mustafa for three years and helped take care of his two-year-old named, Tiare.
Quotes & Gifs
Everybody wild if you push them.
— Janelle (1.4)
Earl (Benjamin Earl Turner)
After spending time in San Quentin, Earl is out and lives with Janelle, under house arrest, with his father paying his rent.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 1, Episode 2
- Sentenced For (1.4): Weed possession
- Skills (1.4): Is a good cook thanks to working at his dad’s restaurant, Brewer’s Feast
- Origins (1.6): Earl is from the East Coast
Quotes & Gifs
James (Marlon Young)
Earl’s parole officer
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 1, Episode 4
Quotes & Gifs
Jacque (April Absynth)
Trish’s platonic life partner who, alongside being a stripper, is an artist.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 1, Episode 5
Cuddie Cudderson (Lance Holloway)
A banker who rejected Trish’s loan application but wouldn’t mind getting with Jacque.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 1, Episode 3
Quote
Why you trying’ to run a business you are clearly runnin’ away from?
— Cuddie (1.7)
Carl (Leland Orser)
Trish and Jacque’s boss at the gentlemen’s club they work at
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 1, Episode 3
Teena (Katlynn Simone)
Teena is Ashley’s newest friend, whose husband is also locked up.
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 2/ Episode 2 – Life Is Too Short
Quotes
Too $hort
Too $hort is a famous rapper.
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 2/ Episode 2 – Life Is Too Short
Quotes
June (Tamera Tomakili)
June is Earl’s ex who he has recently reconnected with, and has helped him heal the wounds between him and his father.
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 2/ Episode 2 – Life Is Too Short
Quotes
Dauntes (Barry Brisco)
Dauntes’ is Nancy’s special friend.
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 2/ Episode 3 “N*ggaz and Jesus”
Quotes
Dante (Dante Basco)
Dante is Jacque’s dad and the actual Rufio from “Hook.”
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 2/ Episode 4 “By Hook Or By Crook”
Quotes
Mustafa (Joe Taslim)
Mustafa is Janelle’s ex-husband, who is a single father in Bali.
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 2/ Episode 5
- The Actor Is Also Known For: His Role in “The Night Comes For Us“
- Daughter’s Name (2.5): Tiarre
Quotes
Darrell (Ricardo Chavira)
Darrell is Rainey’s new boyfriend who is Chilean.
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 2/ Episode 7
Quotes
Marvin (LeVar Burton)
Marvin is Earl’s father, who runs a restaurant.
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 2/ Episode 8 “Return to Ithaca”
Quotes
Monty (Moses Weeden)
Ashley’s little brother, whose drugs got Miles arrested.
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 2/ Episode 8 “Return to Ithaca”
Quotes
