Michael Patrick King’s Sex and the City revival And Just Like That has cast a new lead—Sara Ramirez will be joining the HBO Max series as its first nonbinary character.
Ramirez will play Che Diaz and joins Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis. The official logline of the character is, “a non-binary, queer, stand-up comedian that hosts a podcast on which Carrie Bradshaw is regularly featured. Che is a big presence with a big heart whose outrageous sense of humor and progressive, human overview of gender roles has made them and their podcast very popular.”
Darren Star’s Sex and the City aired on HBO from 1998 through 2004 and it followed a group of friends living in New York City. The show had 94 episodes and spawned two films.
Ramirez won a Tony for Monty Python’s Spamalot and played Callie Torres on Grey’s Anatomy and Kat Sandoval on Madam Secretary.
“Everyone at ‘And Just Like That…’ is beyond thrilled that a dynamically talented actor such as Sara Ramírez has joined the ‘Sex and the City’ family. Sara is a one-of-a-kind talent, equally at home with comedy and drama—and we feel excited and inspired to create this new character for the show,” King said during the announcement.
