Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist

Cast

Main

• Jane Levy as Zoey Clarke, a programmer who has been recently promoted to engineering manager at San Francisco–based SPRQ Point, a tech firm specializing in smart devices and apps. An earthquake occurs while she is getting an MRI, and a huge playlist of songs on file is downloaded into her brain; she subsequently discovers her mind can now perceive the innermost thoughts of others in the form of popular songs and dance, which she refers to as "heart songs".
• Skylar Astin as Max Richman, Zoey's coworker at SPRQ Point and her closest friend, who has romantic feelings for her. They later become a couple and he inherits her power to hear "heart songs".
• Alex Newell as Mo, Zoey's genderfluid neighbor and a DJ, who tries to help her understand the extent of her power. Mo and Max open a business, a dining concept called "MaxiMo's" where food orders from different apps are coordinated, plated, and served.
• John Clarence Stewart as Simon, a new employee at SPRQ Point who bonds with Zoey over their shared tragic experiences.
• Peter Gallagher as Mitch Clarke, Zoey's father. He has progressive supranuclear palsy, which causes him to lose muscular faculties. Mitch is unable to speak, but he can type short phrases on a computer. Zoey's new gift provides a temporary voice for him to sing out what he's really thinking.
• Mary Steenburgen as Maggie Clarke, Zoey's mother and Mitch's wife. She and Mitch ran a landscape design business prior to his diagnosis.
• Lauren Graham as Joan, Zoey's boss at SPRQ Point. She leaves for Singapore and promotes Zoey to her position in the second season.
• Andrew Leeds as David Clarke, Zoey's older brother and a public defender.
• Alice Lee as Emily Kang, David's wife who is pregnant with their child and is a corporate lawyer.
• Michael Thomas Grant as Leif, a coder and professional rival of Zoey, who is part of her engineering team.
• Kapil Talwalkar as Tobin, a coder at SPRQ Point and Leif's best friend, who is also part of Zoey's team.

Recurring

• Stephanie Styles as Autumn, a barista who briefly dates Max as a result of Zoey's suggestion
• India de Beaufort as Jessica, Simon's fiancée
• Noah Weisberg as Danny Michael Davis, a mercurial tech billionaire and the founder and CEO of SPRQ Point
• Patrick Ortiz as Eddie, Mo's new boyfriend and a friend of Jessica
• Zak Orth as Howie, Mitch's home health aide
• Hiro Kanagawa as Dr. Hamara, who treats Mitch for his PSP
• Bernadette Peters as Deb, a recently widowed woman who Zoey meets at the funeral home. She later befriends Maggie.
• Harvey Guillén as George, a new programmer at SPRQ Point
• Jee Young Han as Jenna Kang, Emily's older sister
• Morgan Taylor Campbell as McKenzie, a coder at SPRQ Point who is moved into Zoey's team
• Alvina August as Tatiana Morris, a reporter who befriends Simon
• Felix Mallard as Aiden, Zoey's neighbor and childhood friend
• Katie Findlay as Rose, a childhood friend of Max's from camp
• David St. Louis as Perry, a fire marshal and love interest for Mo

Guest

• Justin Kirk as Charlie, Joan's high-profile and demanding husband
• Renée Elise Goldsberry as Ava Price, Joan's business rival and ambitious manager on the sixth floor of SPRQ Point
• Sandra Mae Frank as Abigail, Howie's daughter and an aspiring coder. She is deaf, and Zoey observes her heart-song performed in American Sign Language.
• Chip Zien as Alan, Max's father, a dentist who wants Max to return to New York and join the family business
• Ashlie Atkinson as Nova, a medium Zoey visits
• Rocco Morris as August, Perry's son
• Amarah Taylor as Amirah, Perry's daughter
• Oscar Nunez as Dr. Tesoro, Zoey's therapist
• David James Elliott as Jack, the owner of a Christmas tree lot, who attracts Maggie's interest

Production

Development