Characters / Katy Keene

Character page for the 2020 live-action series.

Katy Keene

Katy Keene

Played by: Lucy Hale

Bold, big hearted and independent, Katy Keene is a twenty-something New Yorker who aspires to be a fashion designer. When she's not working as a personal shopper at a luxury department store, she's navigating friendship and dating in the big city.

• The Fashionista: Katy is fashion lover, and knows everything about how every outfit she has ever seen.

K.O. Kelly

K.O. Kelly

Played by: Zane Holtz

A boxer with two goals in life: to fight a welterweight championship in Madison Square Garden and to marry his longtime girlfriend, Katy Keene. Born and raised in Queens, K.O. is a humble, protective, salt-of-the-earth guy who makes ends meet as a personal trainer and a bouncer

Josie McCoy

Josie McCoy

Played by: Ashleigh Murray

Josie is now a 20-something and sets off on a new adventure to make it in the big city. More determined than ever to break into the music scene as the next Diana Ross, Josie finds herself forging new friendships, falling into new relationships, and, one day, becoming the star she is destined to be.

Gloria Grandbilt

Gloria Grandbilt

Played by: Katherine LaNasa

A legendary personal shopper at the luxury department store Lacy's, which caters to the rich and famous. Always impeccably dressed and the queen of her domain, she demands a level of excellence from her "girls," young assistants that few can provide.

Alexandra Cabot

Alexandra Cabot

Played by: Camille Hyde

A powerful, savvy and chic New York socialite who is an SVP at her father's company. Both respected and feared, Alexandra is competitive with her brother, who has a very different vision for the record label.

• Adaptational Skill: Alexandra Is a very skilled singer unlike in the comics where she had no musical talent.
• Clingy Jealous Girl: She doesn't like her brother is with some other girl. Because she and Alexander used to date before becoming step-siblings.
• Race Lift: She is white in the comics and black here.

Alexander Cabot

Alexander Cabot

Played by: Lucien Laviscount

The CEO of his father's company who dreams of rebooting its dormant record label division, which attracts him to Josie. He's cut from a different cloth than his billionaire family, as he'd rather take the subway and listen to vinyl, and he secretly DJs at a dive club.

• Race Lift: is white in the comics and black here.

Jorge Lopez

Jorge/Ginger Lopez

Played by: Jonny Beauchamp

By day, Jorge works at his family's bodega. By night, his drag alter ego Ginger bartends and performs at a local club. Jorge always has aspired to be a Broadway performer, but he's now looking to take his drag career to the next level.

• Camp Gay: Apparently too campy even for broadway.
• "Well Done, Son" Guy: How he feels about his relationship with his father, who often teases him for not being as masculine as his brothers or his lovers. Jorge eventually calls him out on it.

Pepper Smith

Pepper Smith

Played by: Julia Chan

A New York City "It Girl" who is at the epicenter of all things trendy. As the funny, magnetic life of the party, she dreams of opening her very own version of Andy Warhol's Factory. But behind all the outrageous noise, no one quite knows where she gets all her money — or if she even has any.

• Hide Your Pregnancy: Julia Chan was several months pregnant during the filming of the first season.
• Mock Millionaire: Pepper flaunts being a high-living rich gal living it up in a posh hotel. It comes out she's run through her money, owes the hotel $60,000 and is clearly putting on some sort of act to her friends. She tells Josie that she was cut off from her rich father but Josie starts to wonder if Pepper was ever as rich as she claimed.