Angel Reese joins Brittany Snow and Malin Akerman within the solid of the hit Netflix collection The Searching Wives, recent off its sensational summer time debut.
Angel Reese is as soon as once more buying and selling offensive boards for clapperboards.
Netflix introduced on Monday that the WNBA All-Star would be part of the second season of its hit collection The Searching Wives in a “co-starring” function. Whereas character and plot particulars are beneath wraps in the intervening time, Reese will painting “Coach Barbie,” a nod to the “Bayou Barbie” nickname she earned whereas repping Louisiana State College.
Bayou Barbie ➡️ Coach Barbie
Angel Reese joins the solid of The Searching Wives within the co-starring function of “Coach Barbie” 👀 Season 2 is now in manufacturing! pic.twitter.com/hZqb5rIAHw
— Netflix (@netflix) January 20, 2026
With the WNBA in a relative holding sample amidst its ongoing collective bargaining settlement negotiations, Reese is constructing a filmography. She beforehand appeared as herself within the Netflix unique movie “A Home of Dynamite” in addition to the music video for the Latto/Cardi B collaboration “Put It on da Ground Once more.”
Reese was additionally one in every of a number of high-profile LSU topics, alongside fellow Bayou Bengals Jayden Daniels, Livvy Dunne, and basketball teammate Flau’jae Johnson, within the Prime Video docuseries The Cash Recreation: LSU.
She may also have a voiceover function in Sony’s upcoming “Goat,” an animated movie produced by Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry that may also function hardwood skills like Andre Iguodala, Kevin Love, Dwyane Wade, and reigning WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson.
Reese Shoots Her Shot
Based mostly on the novel of the identical identify by Could Cobb, The Searching Wives was a breakout hit for Netflix upon its launch final summer time. The drama stars Brittany Snow and Malin Akerman as members of an elite socialite group that yields the collection identify, and Reese is one in every of a number of noticeable names becoming a member of the fray, subsequent to Cam Gigandet and John Stamos.
simply let me know when you want me for season 2 😉 https://t.co/jnZ6f1svjg
— Angel Reese (@Reese10Angel) August 6, 2025
Reese was one in every of many captivated by the collection, which she labeled a “CRAZYYYY however good watch.” Although “not glad” by the unique season’s ending, Reese lobbied collection creator Rebecca Cutter for a task within the follow-up on X.
For Reese, The Searching Wives was maybe a becoming distraction from a making an attempt second season with the Chicago Sky, which sat on the backside of the WNBA standings with the Dallas Wings. Reese made essentially the most of it with one other All-Star displaying, averaging 14.7 factors and a league-best 12.6 rebounds.
As a 2024 rookie entrant, Reese is among the few WNBA veterans beneath contract for this upcoming season, an inventory that additionally contains fellow Chicago draftees Kamilla Cardoso, Hailey Van Lith, and Maddy Westbeld.
Season 2 of The Searching Wives is at present in manufacturing, with the discharge date but to be introduced.
Geoff Magliocchetti is on X @GeoffJMags
