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A show/ character guide for USA Network’s Dare Me featuring who plays who, character descriptions, storylines, and general information.


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A show/ character guide for USA Network’s Dare Me featuring who plays who, character descriptions, storylines, and general information.


Information is updated as new episodes are released and watched, and images are changed as better ones are captured. Also, this content contains pertinent spoilers.

General Information About Dare Me

Network
USA Network
Creator(s) Megan Abbott
Genre(s) Drama, Mystery, Crime

Peering behind the all-American facade, the series dives into the cutthroat world of competitive high school cheerleading. It follows the fraught relationship between two best friends (Herizen Guardiola and Marlo Kelly) after a new coach (Willa Fitzgerald) arrives to bring their team to prominence. While the girls’ friendship is put to the test, their young lives are changed forever when a shocking crime rocks their quiet suburban world. Part coming-of-age story, part small-town drama, part murder mystery, Dare Me exposes the physical and psychological extremes that some young women are willing to endure in order to get ahead.

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Notable Locations

Sutton Grove

The town the show takes place in, which formerly had a tire factory as a major part of its economy. But with that factory now gone, the town is struggling.

Additional Information
  • Their high school team’s mascot is an eagle.
  • The city, thanks to Bert, is focused more on their cheer squad than the football team due to that team having a chance at success.

Lanverns

A popular hangout in the woods where teens and young adults of the area let loose.

Playland

A seedy motel where some local teens, and adults, drink and party.

Elizabeth “Beth” Ann Cassidy (Marlo Kelly)

Beth Cassidy (Marlo Kelly)
Beth Cassidy (Marlo Kelly)

Character Introduction

First Noted In: (Season 1) Episode 1: Coup D’Etat

A perfect pixie cheerleader on the outside, but on the inside a rebel who knows no limits. Her best friend Addy is the only person she truly cares about, the only one she’s ever been able to trust. But the more Addy seems in thrall to Colette, the more determined Beth is to bring their coach down and win Addy back, at all costs.

Additional Information About Beth

  • 1.7: Is a Sagittarius.

Coach Colette French (Willa Fitzgerald)

Coach Colette French (Willa Fitzgerald)
Coach Colette French (Willa Fitzgerald)

Character Introduction

First Noted In: (Season 1) Episode 1: Coup D’Etat

A former star cheerleader who is now a rising-star high school cheerleading coach with a reputation for building winning squads. Young, beautiful and charismatic, she exudes a deep, enigmatic movie-star cool, but she can’t stop herself from taking risks, with the squad and in her personal life.

Additional Information About Coach French

  •  1.1: Is noted to be 28 years old.
  • Replaced Coach Melvoy
  • Is from Sterling Heights
  • 1.2: Took her last team to state where they placed 5th.
  • 1.2: Growing up, Colette shared a room with her brother.
  • 1.4: Has yet to miss a regional competition since she started coaching.
  • 1.6: Mother has a lot of misdemeanors.

Quote(s)

It’s important to have an exit plan that’s more than just an exit.
— Coach French – 1.1

 

Addy Hanlon (Herizen Guardiola)

Addy Hanlon (Herizen Guardiola)
Addy Hanlon (Herizen Guardiola)

Character Introduction

First Noted In: (Season 1) Episode 1: Coup D’Etat

An ambitious high school student who dreams of using cheer to secure a college scholarship and a ticket out of her Midwestern town. When Coach Colette French arrives, Addy is both inspired and tantalized, finding herself increasingly drawn into Colette’s complicated world.

Additional Information About Addy

  • 1.2: Works in an ice cream shop with Michael.

Quote(s)

Someday you’re going to really want something, [and] that’s when you’ll find out who you are. But there’s a price for everything. You have to give up the old things, the things that feel easy, the things that feel safe. This is how you become strong. This is how you become a woman.
— Addy (Quoting Coach French) – 1.1

Sarge Will Mosley (Zach Roerig)

Sarge Will Mosley (Zach Roerig)
Sarge Will Mosley (Zach Roerig)

Character Introduction

First Noted In: (Season 1) Episode 1: Coup D’Etat

The head Marine recruiter stationed in Sutton Grove High School. Although strikingly handsome and intriguingly remote, he’s a haunted man, hiding secrets and a complicated personal history.

Additional Information About Sarge Mosley

  • Is a former football player who went to school in Allanville.
    • 1.2: He was a fullback and he lost three teeth and dislocated his shoulder while he was still a football player.
  • 1.2: We learn he was a high school flame of Coach French’s.

 

Matt French (Rob Heaps)

Matt French (Rob Heaps)
Matt French (Rob Heaps)

Character Introduction

First Noted In: (Season 1) Episode 1: Coup D’Etat

The hardworking husband of cheerleading coach Colette French. After some hard times, his new job working for Burt Cassidy moves his family to Sutton Grove and offers the promise of the tide changing, at least as far as he knows.

Additional Information About Matt

  • Is the project manager for the new stadium Bert wants to build.
  • 1.2: Has been married to Coach French for 4 years.
  • 1.4: There were ten months of their marriage he was unemployed and it seems to be back when they were in Chicago.
  • 1.4: It is revealed his family has money.

 

Tacy Cassidy (Alison Thornton)

Tacy Cassidy (Alison Thornton)
Tacy Cassidy (Alison Thornton)

Character Introduction

First Noted In: (Season 1) Episode 1: Coup D’Etat

A freshman member of Sutton Grove’s dazzling cheerleading squad who’s eager to step out of the shadows and secure a spot at the top of the pyramid.

Additional Information About Tacy

  • 1.1: Is nicknamed “Fetus” by Beth.

 

Bert Cassidy (Paul Fitzgerald)

Bert Cassidy (Paul Fitzgerald)
Bert Cassidy (Paul Fitzgerald)

Character Introduction

First Noted In: (Season 1) Episode 1: Coup D’Etat

A Sutton Grove real estate developer, father of two cheerleaders on the squad, and the number-one cheer booster.

Additional Information About Bert

  • Bert cheated on his wife with his neighbor and now lives across the street from his former family.

 

Lana (Tammy Blanchard)

Lana (Tammy Blanchard) on her bed after some fun with Bert.
Lana (Tammy Blanchard)

Character Introduction

First Noted In: (Season 1) Episode 1: Coup D’Etat

Beth’s mother who, after Bert’s affair, has become a bit of a drunk, distant, and far from the rock Beth needs.

Additional Information

  • 1.4: Bonds with her daughter watching shows that are part of the “Real Housewives” franchise.
  • 1.4: Her sole source of income seems to be child support and alimony from Bert.

J.J. Curtis (Tamberla Perry)

J.J. Curtis (Tamberla Perry) greeting and inviting Coach French to brunch with some ladies of the town.
J.J. Curtis (Tamberla Perry)

Character Introduction

First Noted In: (Season 1) Episode 1: Coup D’Etat

One of the mothers of Sutton Grove, specifically of Riri, who tries to bring the Coach into the circle of womanhood within the town.

Additional Information

  • 1.6: Her day job is being a sales representative for a company named Daimont.
  • 1.6: Is a former flyer on a cheer team.

Collected Quote(s)

I’m a tall woman who slouchers for no one.
— J.J.

Faith (Amanda Brugel)

Faith (Amanda Brugel) watching coach drive away without introducing herself.
Faith (Amanda Brugel)

Character Introduction

First Noted In: (Season 1) Episode 1: Coup D’Etat

Addy’s mother, who is a cop, as well as a single parent.

Additional Information

Michael Slocum (Antonio J Bell)

Michael (Antonio J Bell) hanging out with Addy and Beth, talking about saving money.
Michael (Antonio J Bell)

Character Introduction

First Noted In: (Season 1) Episode 1: Coup D’Etat

One of Addy’s friends, who currently is a football player and is looking into joining the military as his ticket out of Sutton Grove.

Additional Information

  • 1.4: Revealed he is 17

Riri (Taveeta Szymanowicz)

Riri (Taveeta Szymanowicz) smiling towards Addy.
Riri (Taveeta Szymanowicz)

Character Introduction

First Noted In: Season 1 Episode 2 “Mutually Assured Destruction”

J.J.’s daughter and a member of the cheer squad who, as Addy and Beth find themselves beefing, takes Addy’s place as Beth’s best friend.

Additional Information About Riri

Kurtz (Chris Zylka)

Kurtz (Chris Zylka) told to keep guns away from his off time.
Kurtz (Chris Zylka)

Character Description

First Noted In: Season 1 Episode 4 “Rapprochement”

One of Will’s underlings who has a taste for young girls and chaos, hence his attraction to Beth.

Additional Information

  • 1.6: It’s noted he is a corporal.

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