“Breaking Bad’s” Betsy Brandt Joins New Season of AMC Networks’ “Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches”

AMC Networks today announced that Betsy Brandt (Breaking Bad, Life in Pieces) will be joining the cast of Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches, starring Alexandra Daddario, as a series regular this season in the role of “Katherine.” The series’ third season, which begins production this week in Vancouver, Canada, will dive deeper into the mythology of witchcraft, introduce new ‘spellbound’ families, and feature some of the historical happenings of Salem, MA, the infamous town of witch trials and folklore.

In addition to Daddario and Brandt, Mayfair Witches stars Harry Hamlin, Tongayi Chirisa, and Alyssa Jirrels. Season three is executive produced by award-winning producer Mark Johnson, who oversees the Anne Rice Immortal Universe for AMC Networks, co-showrunners Esta Spalding and Thomas Schnauz, Michelle Ashford, and Tom Williams.

Brandt is best known for her portrayal of “Marie” on the Emmy® and Golden Globe® Award-winning series Breaking Bad. She reprised her role in the finale episode of AMC’s spin-off Better Call Saul. In other television work, Brandt played the daughter of Dianne Wiest and James Brolin in CBS comedy Life in Pieces, opposite Michael J. Fox in the Michael J. Fox Show on NBC, and on AMC’s dystopian love anthology series Soulmates for which she was nominated for a Critics Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries. Film credits include the Blumhouse thriller Run Sweetheart Run, The Grotto directed by Joanna Gleason, and the English-language remake of Francis Veber’s hit comedy The Valet opposite Eugenio Derbez, Samara Weaving, and Max Greenfield. Brandt is developing several scripts and last year produced and starred in The Bad Orphan for Lifetime. In addition to her work on camera, Brandt has performed at numerous theatres, including, locally, the Pasadena Playhouse and Geffen Playhouse, where she was seen in the West Coast premiere of Next Fall. She originated the role of “Mary” in the award-winning play “The Language Archive” by Julia Cho aX Pt South Coast Rep.

Brandt is repped by TalentWorks, Patty Woo Management, Viewpoint, and Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka.

The second series in AMC Networks’ Anne Rice Immortal Universe, Mayfair Witches season two, remains among the top series on AMC+ in both viewership and acquisition. In addition to Mayfair, the franchise includes the award-winning series Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire, which is in production on its third season titled The Vampire Lestat, and Anne Rice’s Talamasca: The Secret Order, which recently debuted and airs on Sundays on AMC and AMC+.