The Expats features Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue and Ji-Young Yoo. This info article contains minor spoilers and character details for Lulu Wang’s Amazon series. Check out more streaming guides in Vague Visages’ Know the Cast section.

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Expats takes place in Hong Kong. After a tragic event, Margaret and her husband look after their children. The narrative follows the main protagonists as their personal and professional lives cross over with other expatriates. Here’s every actor and character in Expats, an adaptation of Janice Y. K. Lee’s 2016 novel.

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Expats Cast: Nicole Kidman as Margaret

Character Profile: A garden designer. She struggles emotionally after her son’s disappearance. Margaret inadvertently reunites with a young woman from her past.

Kidman’s Resume: Claire Lewicki in Days of Thunder (1990), Isabel Archer in The Portrait of a Lady (1996), Alice Harford in Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Grace Fraser in The Undoing (2020), Lucille Ball in Being the Ricardos (2021)

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Expats Cast: Sarayu Blue as Hilary Starr

Character Profile: Margaret’s neighbor. She struggles with marital issues. Hilary worries about Margaret’s mental health.

Blue’s Resume: Kareema in No Tomorrow (2016-17), Emet in I Feel Bad (2018), Marcie in Blockers (2018), Trina Rothschild in To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (2020), Kalpana Chawla in A Million Miles Away (2023)

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Expats Cast: Ji-Young Yoo as Mercy

Character Profile: A graduate of Columbia University. She is a former writer who who works as a caterer. Mercy lost Margaret’s son while babysitting him.

Yoo’s Resume: Lee Eun Yoo in Sweet Home (2020), Casey in Moxie (2021), Sarah in The Sky Is Everywhere (2022), Hayoung in Smoking Tigers (2023), Tina in Freaky Tales (2024)

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Expats Cast: Brian Tee as Clarke

Character Profile: Margaret’s husband. He is businessman who moves to Hong Kong for a promotion. Clarke comforts his family after a tragic event.

Tee’s Resume: DK in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), Noburo in The Wolverine (2013), Hamada in Jurassic World (2015),  Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016), Ethan Choi in Chicago Med (2015-22)

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Expats Cast: Jack Huston as David Starr

Character Profile: Hilary’s husband. He is a charismatic man with a wandering eye. David hooks up with Mercy.

Huston’s Resume: Wulfric in Outlander (2008), Richard Harrow in Boardwalk Empire (2010-13), Jack Kerouac in Kill Your Darlings (2013), Pete Musane in American Hustle (2013), Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur (2016)

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The Expats cast also includes:

• Tiana Gowen as Daisy Woo
• Bodhi del Rosario as Philip Woo
• Ruby Ruiz as Essie
• Amelyn Pardenilla as Puri
• Poon Pak Shing as Sam
• Bonde Sham as Charly
• Blessing Mokgohloa as Pastor Alan Mambo
• Flora Chan as Olivia Chu
• Sudha Bhuchar as Brinder
• Connor James as Gust
• Jennifer Beveridge as Tilda
• Lesley Chiang as Philena Song
• Gabrielle Chan as Jing Woo
• Elizabeth Ng as Shellac
• Steven Chan as Detective Chang
• Rose Han as Ruby
• Edmund Ng as Andrew Woo
• Nina Kwok as Art Director

Q.V. Hough (@QVHough) is Vague Visages’ founding editor.