Poorna Jagannathan (HBO’s The Night Of, S2 of Big Little Lies), Nikohl Boosheri (Freeform’s The Bold Type) and newcomer Catharine Daddario will star in Alia's Birth, an indie drama from Sam Abbas. It’s about a rocky relationship between a female couple that forces them to spend the night apart. Abbas will producer…

Gypsy and The Night Of alumna Poorna Jagannathan is set for a recurring role in the second season of HBO's Emmy-winning limited series Big Little Lies. Jagannathan will play Katie Richmond, a new character. She joins returning cast Nicole Kidman as Celeste Wright, Reese Witherspoon as Madeline Martha Mackenzie, Adam…

UPDATED, 1:21 PM: Poorna Jagannathan. hot off her role in HBO’s summer miniseries The Night Of, and Brenda Vaccaro have joined the cast of Netflix’s upcoming drama series Gypsy. Naomi Watts stars as a therapist who begins to develop dangerous and intimate relationships with the people in her patients'…