The White Lotus: Which stars are checking in for season three?

A whole host of new famous faces are set to check into The White Lotus, as the first cast members of season three of Mike White’s black comedy have been announced.

Though there’s still some way to go before the third season of The White Lotus is released, following a delay in filming due to last year’s actors’ and writers’ strikes, teasing of what’s to come has already begun. 

We know that season three will be set in Thailand. We know that the third season will be “longer, bigger, and crazier” than the previous two. We know that, devastatingly, Jennifer Coolidge’s Tanya “These Gays” McQoid will remain killed off.

Deadline has also previously revealed that the new season will feature characters including a “patriarch, a female corporate executive, an actress, a couple of mothers, a country club wife, a misfit and a yogi”.

We also now know the names of some of the actors set to star in the third outing, and they include a Harry Potter star, a beloved movie actor, and a White Lotus familiar face.

Considering previous stars, including Aubrey Plaza, Theo James, Sydney Sweeney and Lukas Gage have made the show the hilarious, twisted holiday destination that it is, there’s a lot to live up to. Here’s exactly who is joining the cast of season three.

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British Harry Potter actor Jason Isaacs will be heading for a stay at The White Lotus season three, but exactly what role is yet to be announced.

Though the 60-year-old star is best known for playing Draco’s father Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series, his full filmography is huge – he’s starred in nearly 100 movies, and over 50 TV series.

Jason Isaacs is best known for starring as Harry Potter villain Lucius Malfoy. (Getty)

Many will know him for his turn as Gabriel Lorca in Stark Trek: Discovery, as Jay Perry in award-winning 2021 film Mass, or as Colonel William Tavington in 2000 war drama film, The Patriot.

We’re betting all our money on him being the patriarch.

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Star of stage and screen Carrie Coon will be packing a bag too, as she’s the most recent actor to be announced for season three.

She’s best known for starring in HBO’s current historical drama series The Gilded Age, and HBO’s former supernatural drama series The Leftovers. You’ve probably also seen Coon in Fargo, The Nest and even in Rosamund Pike’s thriller Gone Girl.

Carrie Coon is set to star in The White Lotus. (Getty)

The 42-year-old is also a certified Tony nominee, for her role as Honey in the 2012 revival of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Her role in The White Lotus is not yet known, but we’d love to see her serve Republican realness as a “country club wife”.

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Queen of the indie film Parker Posey is a perfect pick for The White Lotus. The 55-year-old Golden Globe nominee is a walking eccentricity, and we know those characters thrive in Mike White’s oddly brilliant series.

Posey, 55, is known for her huge string of appearances in independent films, but has also had some pretty huge mainstream hits, too. She’s starred in movies ranging from rom com You’ve Got Mail to horror Scream 3, and most recently, she featured in Beau Is Afraid.

Parkey Posey. (Getty)

There’s no word on who she’ll be playing, but we reckon she could pull off a mother quite well.

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Wonka and Insecure star Natasha Rothwell is the only cast member announced for season three who is a returning guest at the The White Lotus. Well, not quite a guest, more an employee: Rothwell played spa manager Belinda in season one.

Season one saw Belinda offered the money to set up her own beauty business by Coolidge’s ditzy Tanya McQoid, but of course, Tanya ended up going AWOL before the deal could be finalised. We all know what happened to her next.

Natasha Rothwell’s Belinda will return to The White Lotus season three. (Getty/Michael Kovac)

Speaking about the first script she read of season three, Rothwell revealed that she “gasped out loud a minimum of five times,” adding: “Everyone needs to buckle up, because it’s going to get real!”

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Nineties model and Iron Man actress Leslie Bibb has also been confirmed for an as-yet unnamed role in The White Lotus season three: we reckon she’d be stellar as the “female corporate executive”.

Most recently, the 49-year-old actress has been seen portraying the devil in Netflix’s God’s Favorite Idiot series alongside Melissa McCarthy, as well as in Robert De Niro comedy film About My Father.

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Dom Hetrakul might not be a big name in the western entertainment world, but in Thailand, where the third season of The White Lotus is based, he’s a pretty huge deal.

He’s known for his appearances in almost 20 films including historical drama series King Naresuan, while he’s also appeared in more than 50 TV series. He’s worked with some of Hollywood’s greats too, including Jessica Chastain, Patrick Stewart, and Kyle MacLachlan.

The 47-year-old is also a business owner, with his family running one of Thailand’s most-read newspapers, Daily News.

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Golden Globe-nominated True Detective actress Michelle Monaghan is about to have a busy 2024: as well as becoming a resident at The White Lotus, she’s also landed a part in Mia Goth and Halsey’s wild and wacky slasher film, MaXXXine.

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You’ll probably recognise her from films including Gone Baby Gone, Mission: Impossible III, and Fallout, or from series including Netflix’s 2020 thriller Messiah.

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Tayme Thapthimthong is probably the least known actor announced for The White Lotus season three, but according to his IMDb page, he’s still got a few TV series under his belt, including miniseries Thai Cave Rescue, Jason Statham and Jessica Alba’s Mechanic: Resurrection film, and 2014 detective movie Skin Trade.

According to Deadline, there are still more deals with actors being done for the upcoming series. Which means, if you’re reading Mike White, there’s still time to cast Marcia Cross and Lindsay Lohan as a mother-daughter duo, OK?