Forever Cast: Where Have You Seen The Stars Of Netflix's Teen Romance Before?
Having already won over the hearts of critics, the new teen romance Forever now has Netflix users falling for it, too.
The eight-part series serves as a modern update on Judy Blume's classic novel of the same name, centring around Justin and Keisha, two teens who fall in love at a pivotal stage in their lives.
Since it began streaming earlier this week, the show has received an overwhelmingly positive response and hasn't budged from Netflix's most-watched list.
It also boasts an array of new, young faces in its cast, many of whom are only in the early stages of their acting career. But there are also a few familiar faces dotted around, too.
With that in mind, here's a quick guide to where you might have seen the stars of Forever before...
Before being cast as Keisha in Forever, Lovie Simone's biggest role to date was in the family drama Greenleaf, playing Keith David and Kim Hawthorne's on-screen daughter Zora in all five seasons.
She also played a main role in The Craft's sequel The Craft: Legacy and the historical drama Manhunt, as well as making one-off appearances in Orange Is The New Black and Blue Bloods.
Fans of The Mindy Project will remember Xosha Roquemore for her performance as Tamra Webb, a nurse who works at the same hospital as the title character.
She also played Gabourey Sidibe's on-screen classmate in Precious, and has also appeared in The Butler, Space Jam: A New Legacy and Captain America: Brave New World, in which she portrayed Secret Service agent Leila Taylor.
Michael Cooper Jr's performance as Justin has already earned him plenty of praise – which is particularly impressive given how few on-screen credits he had before being cast in Forever.
Before joining the Netflix series, he had also appeared in the musical drama film On The Come Up and had a minor role in the horror series The Inhabitant.
For her performance in Apple TV+'s The Morning Show, Karen Pittman earned an Emmy nomination, after which she was cast as Miranda's professor Nya Wallace in the first two seasons of Sex And The City spin-off And Just Like That.
She's also appeared in The Americans, Yellowstone and the Paul Rudd comedy Living With Yourself.
After taking the lead in the TV movie biopic Hendrix, Wood Harris played Avon Barksdale in the first three seasons of The Wire, and reprised the role in guest appearances later in the show's run.
You might have also seen him opposite Paul Rudd in the first Ant-Man movie, playing Nandez in Blade Runner 2049 or Tony 'Little Duke' Evers in the Creed series.
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Still early on in his career, child performer Marvin Lawrence Winans III might be a familiar face to Abbott Elementary fans, after playing student Chad in a handful of episodes.
Known to friends and family as 'Three', the youngster previously appeared in ad campaigns for Google and Apple.
Barry's past TV work includes Barbershop, Flashforward, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul, in which he played a police detective.
As for his film work, you might have seen him in The Terminal, Rush Hour, Collateral, Miami Vice, A Star Is Born or Dolemite Is My Name.
Last year, Ali Gallo played the main character's sister in the Netflix high school movie Incoming.
Before that she appeared in Virtual Morality, The Sex Lives Of College Girls and the dark comedy I Hate Myself And Want To Die.
For his work as Randall Pearson in This Is Us (a role he shared with Sterling K Brown, each playing the character at different stages of his life), Niles Fitch earned a SAG Award in 2017 and 2018.
He's also appeared in Mixed-ish, That 90s Show and Disney's Secret Society Of Second-Born Royals.
In the early years of her career as a child actor, E'myri Crutchfield played a main role in Amazon Prime's The Kicks.
More recently, she landed the role of Ethelrida Pearl Smutny in season four of Fargo, and played Kelly in Dark Harvest.
Forever is now streaming on Netflix.
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