The Good Wife and its spin-offs The Good Fight and Elsbeth are American legal and political television series produced for CBS and CBS' streaming service CBS All Access respectively, created by Robert and Michelle King. The Good Wife follows the political, professional, and personal life of Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies), a political "good wife" who is thrust back into the workplace after over a decade after her husband, Peter Florrick (Chris Noth), a local Chicago politician, is arrested on corruption charges following a highly publicized sex scandal.[1][2][3][4] The Good Fight follows Alicia's former colleagues Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) and Lucca Quinn (Cush Jumbo) contending with political and legal challenges in a new political environment as they continue their careers at a left-wing, African American–owned law firm, while Elsbeth follows Alicia's and Diane's former legal rival Elsbeth Tascioni (Carrie Preston) as she leaves lawyering behind to become a consultant detective, modelling herself after Columbo.
Main cast
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Julianna Margulies | Alicia Florrick | Main | |||||||||||||||||
Matt Czuchry | Cary Agos | Main | |||||||||||||||||
Archie Panjabi | Kalinda Sharma | Main | |||||||||||||||||
Graham Phillips | Zach Florrick | Main | Recurring | Guest | |||||||||||||||
Makenzie Vega | Grace Florrick | Main | |||||||||||||||||
Josh Charles | Will Gardner | Main | Guest | ||||||||||||||||
Christine Baranski | Diane Lockhart | Main | Guest | ||||||||||||||||
Alan Cumming | Eli Gold | Recurring | Main | Guest | |||||||||||||||
Zach Grenier | David Lee | Guest | Recurring | Main | Guest | Main | Guest | ||||||||||||
Matthew Goode | Finn Polmar | Main | |||||||||||||||||
Cush Jumbo | Lucca Quinn | Main | Guest | ||||||||||||||||
Jeffrey Dean Morgan | Jason Crouse | Main | |||||||||||||||||
Rose Leslie | Maia Rindell | Main | |||||||||||||||||
Erica Tazel | Barbara Kolstad | Main | Guest | ||||||||||||||||
Delroy Lindo | Adrian Boseman | Main | Guest | ||||||||||||||||
Sarah Steele | Marissa Gold | Guest | Recurring | Main | |||||||||||||||
Justin Bartha | Colin Morrello | Main | |||||||||||||||||
Nyambi Nyambi | Jay Dipersia | Recurring | Main | ||||||||||||||||
Michael Boatman | Julius Cain | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Main | ||||||||||||||
Audra McDonald | Liz Lawrence | Guest | Main | ||||||||||||||||
Michael Sheen | Roland Blum | Main | |||||||||||||||||
John Larroquette | Gavin Firth | Main | |||||||||||||||||
Charmaine Bingwa | Carmen Moyo | Main | |||||||||||||||||
Mandy Patinkin | Hal Wackner | Main | |||||||||||||||||
John Slattery | Lyle Bettencourt | Main | |||||||||||||||||
Andre Braugher | Ri'Chard Lane | Main | |||||||||||||||||
Carrie Preston | Elsbeth Tascioni | Recurring | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | Main | ||||||||||||
Wendell Pierce | C. W. Wagner | Main | |||||||||||||||||
Carra Patterson | Kaya Blanke | Main |
Recurring cast
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||
Chris Noth | Peter Florrick | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Mary Beth Peil | Jackie Florrick | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Renée Elise Goldsberry | ASA Geneva Pine | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Mike Colter | Lemond Bishop | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||
Denis O'Hare | Charles Abernathy | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | Guest | |||||||||
Chris Butler | ASA Matan Brody | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||
David Fonteno | Robert Parks | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | |||||||||||
Titus Welliver | Glenn Childs | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Dreama Walker | Becca | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Gbenga Akinnagbe | Pastor Isaiah Easton | Recurring | Recurring | ||||||||||||
Pedro Pascal | ASA Nathan Landry | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Sonequa Martin-Green | Courtney Wells | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Dylan Baker | Colin Sweeney | Recurring | Recurring | Guest | Guest | ||||||||||
David Paymer | Richard Cuesta | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | |||||||||||
Peter Riegert | Harvey Winter | Recurring | Recurring | ||||||||||||
Peter Gerety | Timothy Stanek | Recurring | Guest | Guest | |||||||||||
Kevin Conway | Jonas Stern | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Joe Morton | Daniel Golden | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Martha Plimpton | Patti Nyholm | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
James Carpinello | Anthony Burton | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Jill Flint | Lana Delaney | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Recurring | ||||||||||
Francie Swift | Kya Poole | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Gary Cole | Kurt McVeigh | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | |||||||||||
Kim Shaw | Amber Madison | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Karen Olivo | Giada Cabrini | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Terry Kinney | Gerald Kozko | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Anika Noni Rose | Wendy Scott-Carr | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Paulina Gerzon | Shannon Vargas | Guest | Recurring | Guest | |||||||||||
Rachel Hilson | Nisa Dalmar | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Dallas Roberts | Owen Cavanaugh | Recurring | |||||||||||||
JD Williams | Dexter Roja | Recurring | Recurring | Recurring | |||||||||||
Jack Carpenter | Patric Edelstein | Recurring | Guest | Guest | |||||||||||
Ana Gasteyer | Patrice Lessner | Guest | Recurring | Guest | Guest | ||||||||||
Jane Alexander | Suzanne Morris | Recurring | Guest | Guest | |||||||||||
Michael Ealy | Derrick Bond | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Scott Porter | Blake Calamar | Recurring | |||||||||||||
America Ferrera | Natalie Flores | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Mamie Gummer | Nancy Crozier | Guest | Recurring | Guest | Guest | Guest | |||||||||
Michael J. Fox | Louis Canning | Recurring | Recurring | ||||||||||||
Frederick Weller | Wilk Hobson | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Felix Solis | Kevin Rodriguez | Guest | Recurring | Guest | |||||||||||
Mike Pniewski | Frank Landau | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | |||||||
Skipp Sudduth | Jim Moody | Recurring | Recurring | ||||||||||||
Jeremy Strong | Matt Becker | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Ismael Cruz Córdova | Jimmy Patrick | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Cady Huffman | Marina Vassel | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Tim Guinee | Andrew Wiley | Recurring | Recurring | ||||||||||||
Kelli Giddish | Sophia Russo | Recurring | Guest | Guest | |||||||||||
Elizabeth Reaser | Tammy Linnata | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Rita Wilson | Viola Walsh | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Monica Raymund | ASA Dana Lodge | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Anne Marsen | Jennifer | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Kurt Fuller | Peter Dunaway | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||
Jerry Adler | Howard Lyman | Guest | Recurring | Guest | |||||||||||
Anna Camp | Caitlin D'arcy | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Edward Herrmann | Lionel Deerfield | Guest | Recurring | Guest | |||||||||||
Lisa Edelstein | Celeste Serrano | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Grace Rex | Martha Reed | Recurring | Guest | Guest | |||||||||||
Matthew Perry | Mike Kresteva | Recurring | Recurring | ||||||||||||
Parker Posey | Vanessa Gold | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Amy Sedaris | Stacie Hall | Recurring | |||||||||||||
John Shea | Jeffrey Agos | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Michael Kelly | Mickey Gunn | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Amanda Peet | ASA Laura Hellinger | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Stockard Channing | Veronica Loy | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | |||||||||||
Yul Vazquez | Cristián Romano | Recurring | |||||||||||||
John Benjamin Hickey | Neil Gross | Guest | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | Guest | |||||||||
Marc Warren | Nick Savarese | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Bebe Neuwirth | Claudia Friend | Guest | Recurring | Guest | Guest | ||||||||||
Kenneth Tigar | James Chase | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Vincent Curatola | Thomas Politi | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Dominic Chianese | Michael Marx | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | |||||||||||
Nathan Lane | Clarke Hayden | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Robbie Sublett | John Gaultner | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Jess Weixler | Robyn Burdine | Recurring | |||||||||||||
John Glover | Jared Andrews | Guest | Recurring | Guest | Guest | ||||||||||
Brian Dennehy | Bucky Stabler | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Kyle MacLachlan | AUSA Josh Perotti | Recurring | Recurring | ||||||||||||
Nicole Roderick | Nora | Guest | Recurring | ||||||||||||
Maura Tierney | Maddie Hayward | Recurring | |||||||||||||
T. R. Knight | Jordan Karahalios | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Eric Ruffin | Dylan Bishop | Guest | Recurring | Recurring | |||||||||||
Miriam Shor | Mandy Post | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Michael Cerveris | James Castro | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Hunter Parrish | Jeffrey Grant | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Jeffrey Tambor | George Kluger | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Ben Rappaport | Carey Zepps | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Bhavesh Patel | Anthony Wright Edelman | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Jason O'Mara | Damian Boyle | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Christian Borle | Carter Schmidt | Recurring | Guest | Guest | Guest | ||||||||||
Jill Hennessy | Rayna Hecht | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
James McDaniel | Lou Johnson | Guest | Recurring | ||||||||||||
Jordana Spiro | Jenna Villette | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Eric Bogosian | Nelson Dubeck | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Zach Woods | Jeff Dellinger | Recurring | Recurring | ||||||||||||
Tobias Segal | Tyler Hopkins | Recurring | Recurring | ||||||||||||
Michael Kostroff | Charles Froines | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Melissa George | Marilyn Garbanza | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Nathan Stark | Process Server | Guest | Recurring | Guest | Recurring | ||||||||||
Charlie Pollock | 'Darkness at Noon' Lead Actor | Recurring | Guest | Guest | |||||||||||
Fred Melamed | Alan Karpman | Guest | Recurring | ||||||||||||
John Procaccino | Tom Glatt | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Taye Diggs | Dean Levine-Wilkins | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Jason Babinsky | Drummond Howell | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Connie Nielsen | Ramona Lytton | Recurring | |||||||||||||
John Ventimiglia | Gary Prima | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Steven Pasquale | Johnny Elfman | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
David Hyde Pierce | Frank Prady | Recurring | |||||||||||||
David Krumholtz | Josh Mariner | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Frankie Faison | Pastor Jeremiah Easton | Guest | Recurring | Guest | |||||||||||
Susan Misner | Simone Canning | Guest | Guest | Recurring | |||||||||||
Linda Lavin | Joy Grubick | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Edward Asner | Guy Redmayne | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Megan Ketch | Deena Lampard | Guest | Recurring | ||||||||||||
Oliver Platt | Reese 'R.D.' Dipple | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Christopher McDonald | Don Schakowsky | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Nikki M. James | Monica Timmons | Recurring | Recurring | Guest | |||||||||||
Rob Bartlett | Bernie Bukovitz | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Peter Gallagher | Ethan Carver | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Will Patton | Michael B. Tascioni | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Christine Lahti | Andrea Stevens | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Michael Urie | Stephen Dinovera | Guest | Recurring | Recurring | |||||||||||
John Magaro | Roland Hlavin | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Matthew Morrison | AUSA Connor Fox | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Margo Martindale | Ruth Eastman | Recurring | Recurring | Guest | |||||||||||
Vanessa Williams | Courtney Paige | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Megan Hilty | Holly Westfall | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Phumzile Sitole | Sharise | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
John Cameron Mitchell | Felix Staples | Recurring | Guest | Guest | |||||||||||
Corey Cott | Tom C. Duncan | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Zachary Booth | Jerry Warshofsky | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Jane Lynch | Madeline Starkey | Recurring | Recurring | ||||||||||||
Paul Guilfoyle | Henry Rindell | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Bernadette Peters | Lenore Rindell | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Heléne Yorke | Amy Bresline | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Chalia La Tour | Yesha Mancini | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Scott Bryce | Rupert Lennox | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Tom McGowan | Jax Rindell | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Adam Heller | Wilbur Dincon | Recurring | Guest | Guest | |||||||||||
Katrina Lenk | Naftali Amato | Guest | Recurring | ||||||||||||
Rob McClure | Trig Mullaney | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Alan Alda | Solomon Waltzer | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Wendell B. Franklin | Capt. Ian Lawrence | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Andrea Martin | Francesca Lovatelli | Guest | Recurring | ||||||||||||
Taylor Louderman | Tara Strokes | Guest | Recurring | ||||||||||||
Tamberla Perry | Charlotte Hazlewood | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Tyrone Mitchell Henderson | Barry Poe | Guest | Recurring | ||||||||||||
Brenda Praxton | Madeline Gilford | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Christina Jackson | Rosalyn Brock | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Keesha Sharp | Naomi Nivola | Guest | Recurring | ||||||||||||
Kate Shindle | Rachelle Max | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Lauren Patten | Polly Dean | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Samaria Nixon-Fleming | Louisa | Guest | Recurring | ||||||||||||
Rachel Nicks | Leah Davis | Guest | Recurring | Guest | |||||||||||
Hugh Dancy | Caleb Garin | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Lisa O'Hare | STR Laurie employee | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Chasten Harmon | Bianca Skye | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Wallace Shawn | Charles Lester | Guest | Guest | Recurring | |||||||||||
Danny Burstein | William Schultz | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Ben Vereen | Frederick Douglass | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Wayne Brady | Del Cooper | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Tony Plana | Oscar Rivi | Recurring | Guest | ||||||||||||
Stephanie Nogueras | Isabel Rivi | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Stephen Lang | David Cord | Recurring | |||||||||||||
Jane Curtin | Pamela Farley | Guest | Guest | Recurring |
Guest cast
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Kate Burton | Victoria Adler | Guest | ||||||||||||
F. Murray Abraham | Burl Preston | Guest | Guest | |||||||||||
Linda Emond | Leora Kuhn | Guest | Guest | |||||||||||
Patrick Breen | Captain Terrence Hicks | Guest | Guest | |||||||||||
Fred Thompson | Frank Michael Thomas | Guest | ||||||||||||
Lily Rabe | Petra Moritz | Guest | Guest | Guest | ||||||||||
Jason Biggs | Dylan Stack | Guest | Guest | |||||||||||
Aaron Tveit | ASA Spencer Zschau | Guest | Guest | Guest | Guest | |||||||||
Becky Ann Baker | Alma Hoff | Guest | Guest | Guest | ||||||||||
Will Chase | Doug Young | Guest | ||||||||||||
John Noble | Matthew Ashbaugh | Guest | ||||||||||||
Richard Kind | Alan Davies | Guest | Guest | Guest | ||||||||||
Mo Rocca | Ted Willoughby | Guest | Guest | Guest | ||||||||||
Richard Masur | Arbiter Geoffrey Solomon | Guest | Guest | |||||||||||
William M. Finkelstein | Simon Kassovitz | Guest | ||||||||||||
Fisher Stevens | Gabriel Kovac | Guest | Guest | |||||||||||
Greta Lee | Amber Wood-Lutz | Guest | ||||||||||||
Jayne Houdyshell | Renée Rampling | Guest | ||||||||||||
Rachel Wenitsky | Lili Brenner | Guest | Guest | |||||||||||
Audrie Neenan | Marion Handgrove | Guest | Guest | |||||||||||
Rob Reiner | Josh Brickner | Guest | Guest | |||||||||||
LaChanze | Julius's Wife | Guest |
References
edit- ^ "The Good Wife – Cast & Crew". TV Guide. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
- ^ "The Good Wife (Cast)". TV.com. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
- ^ "The Good Wife Cast". cbs.com. CBS Television. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
- ^ Stanhope, Kate. "'The Good Wife': What's Next for the Cast". hollywoodreporter.com. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 9, 2018.