Jella Hasse is set to return as the eccentric spy in Kleo season 2. The second season of the hit German action-thriller comedy series will premiere on July 25, 2024, on Netflix.
Created by Hanno Hackford, Richard Kropf, and Bob Konrad, the series first premiered on Netflix on August 19, 2022. The first season was praised for its unique treatment of the espionage world, and the visual style. The ensemble cast's acting enhanced the story's overall quality, especially in comedic moments.
With Kleo season 2, the makers aim to repeat its success. The second season will have Jella Hasse, Dimitrij Schaad, and Julius Feldmeier return to their roles. While some new and exciting members like Andrej Kaminsky have also been added to the cast.
The main cast of Kleo season 2
1) Jella Haase as Kleo Straub
Jella Hasse is an acclaimed German actress portraying the role of the eccentric spy who is falsely accused by her department in a murder case and sent to prison. In the first season, we witness her journey as she walks on the path of revenge, crossing paths with a police officer named Sven Petzold. In Kleo season 2, she will continue her quest and keep making fools of her opponents.
Hasse has been actively working on stage and in films for the last 15 years, starting as a teen actress. In her career, she has been nominated for multiple awards, including the prestigious Jupiter Award for Best German Actress for Lollipop Monster.
2) Dimitrij Schaad as Sven Petzold
Dimitrij Schaad is also set to reprise his role in the upcoming season as Sven Petzold, a police officer struggling in his career and underappreciated for his hard work. His path crosses with the eccentric spy and his life gets entangled in the messy world of espionage and deceit.
Dimitrij Schaad has studied acting and performing arts in some of the most prestigious schools in Europe. His brother Alex Schaad is a film director, with who he wrote the screenplay of their student film Invention of Trust, which won the Student's Oscar in 2016.
3) Julius Feldmeier as Thilo
Julius Feldmeier will also be back as Thilo, the man who came from West Germany will have some odd ideas regarding the club culture of the East side. He rents the place where Sven lives and gets entangled in the same mess of unfortunate events.
An active member of the queer community, Julius Feldmeier has been acting professionally for over a decade. He is the nephew of German actress Rita Feldmeier.
4) Vincent Redetzki as Uwe Mittig
Vincent Redetzki got his first leading role on stage as well as his first movie role in the year 2003. Starting his film career with Andreas Dresen's Movie Summer in Berlin, Vincent never looked back. His television mini-series Die Wölfe won an International Emmy Award as best TV Mini-Series in 2009.
Vincent would continue playing the character of Uwe Mittig, Kleo's accomplice before her imprisonment in Kleo season 2.
5) Steffi Kühnert as Margot Honecker
Steffi Kühnert as Margot Honecker was a recurring character in the first season. Margot is Kleo's aunt and a high-ranking member of the communist party.
Steffi Kühnert is a German acting veteran, who is also actively involved in teaching the art at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts. She has appeared in over eighty films in her long and illustrious career spanning over 36 years.
Full cast list of Kleo season 2
Here's a list of all the actors in Kleo season 2, according to the confirmed report from Netflix. Other cast members, who appeared in the first season in recurring roles can also appear in the second season in supporting roles.
- Jella Haase as Kleo Straub
- Dimitrij Schaad as Sven Petzold
- Julius Feldmeier as Thilo
- Vincent Redetzki as Uwe Mittig
- Andrej Kaminsky
- Steffi Kühnert as Margot Honecker
- Marta Sroka as Anja
- Alli Neumann
- Anna Stieblich as Brigitte Straub,
- Robin Gooch
Other recurring cast members
- Thandi Sebe as Jenny Schneider
- Taner Sahintürk as Frederick
- Yun Huang as Min Sun
- Zethphan Smith-Gneist as Mark Petzold
- Alexander Hörbe as Ludger Wieczorek
- Rodrigo Rojo as Jorge Gonzalez
- Gunnar Helm as Erich Mielke
- Garry Fischmann as Matthias Frey
- Jonas Stenzel as Dopi
Kleo season 2 will be released on Netflix on July 25, 2024.