The Secret Circle (TV series)

Synopsis

Main cast

Circle members

• Britt Robertson as Cassie Blake, a newly-revealed witch who moved to Chance Harbor after the death of her mother, Amelia. Initially disliking the idea of being a witch, she soon begins to accept her destiny and her family's magical heritage. Her mother's line goes back to the beginning of witchcraft, while her father, John Blackwell, comes from a similarly long line of dark witches. Through Blackwell, she is Diana's elder half-sister.
• Thomas Dekker as Adam Conant, a natural-born witch and one of the two male members of the Circle. He and Cassie are instantly attracted to each other, which puts a strain on Adam's longstanding relationship with Diana. It is Adam who helps Cassie unlock her powers and encourages her to join the Circle.
• Phoebe Tonkin as Faye Chamberlain, an eccentric and free-spirited witch who uses her powers recklessly and selfishly. Frequently brash and irresponsible, she often challenges authority. In particular, she resents Diana's presumption of being Circle leader, and is jealous that Diana found her family's Book of Shadows before she has found hers. She is best friends with Melissa.
• Shelley Hennig as Diana Meade, the responsible but sometimes bossy leader of the Circle. She becomes good friends with Cassie, despite the attraction between Cassie and Diana's long-term boyfriend, Adam Conant. She was the first member of the Circle to discover witchcraft and—before Cassie found hers—the only member to have found her family's Book of Shadows. She is Cassie's younger half-sister through their father, John Blackwell. She has dark magic and Balcoin blood.
• Jessica Parker Kennedy as Melissa Glaser, the fourth female witch of the Circle. She is Faye's closest friend and Nick's girlfriend. Compared to her coven-mates, she is quieter and tends to keep her opinions to herself, but she is responsible and loyal to the Circle.
• Louis Hunter as Nick Armstrong, the second male member of the Circle. He and Melissa are in a relationship that he is reluctant to make anything more than sexual. After a warning from Faye, he begins to treat Melissa with more respect and their relationship improves. Early on in the series he is possessed by a demon and is then drowned by Charles Meade and Dawn Chamberlain in an attempt to kill the demon. He is resurrected by the witch hunters later in an attempt to steal the family crystals but eventually dies again.

  Others

• Gale Harold as Charles Meade, Diana's father and a member of the previous generation of the Circle. Following the fire at the boat yard, his powers—along with those of the surviving members of his Circle—were stripped from him. It is he who in episode 1 kills Cassie's mother, using the magical power of a crystal so that she will return to Chance Harbor and join the circle. He then later drowns Nick Armstrong to kill the demon that was possessing him. Nick's death affects him heavily after this.
• Ashley Crow as Jane Blake, Cassie's grandmother and Amelia's mother. She initially seems ignorant of witchcraft and the Circle, but Cassie eventually takes the hint and begins regularly seeking her advice.
• Natasha Henstridge as Dawn Chamberlain, is Faye's mother, the principal of Chance Harbor High School and a member of the previous generation of the Circle. She and Charles act as a team, although she is the more sadistic of the two. She prefers, however, to let Charles do the dirty work, such as Amelia's murder.
• Chris Zylka as Jake Armstrong, Nick's elder brother, who returns to the town after Nick's death. By the rules of coven magic, he inherits Nick's place in the coven. Believing witchcraft responsible for the death of his parents, he initially works for a group of witch hunters. However, he eventually finds out that it was the witch hunters who killed his parents. He shows an interest in Cassie, but he and Faye establish a relationship which is maintained through the remainder of the series.

  Recurring cast

• Logan Browning as Sally Matthews, a girl who befriends Cassie. She butts heads with Faye, who accidentally kills her when her power is unexpectedly strong. Dawn manages to revive her with a crystal, leaving her with a broken arm. She then becomes suspicious of the Circle members, especially after they left the hallway a mess from using their powers, but still tries to be friends with Cassie. She last appears in episode 3.
• Zachary Abel as Luke, a friend of Adam's who is attracted to Cassie when she first arrives. Through Adam, he asks her to the school dance, but amicably accepts her decision when she ditches him. In episode 7, he is asked to attend a Halloween party at Cassie's house, organized by Faye, and is revealed to be a witch hunter.
• Adam Harrington as Ethan Conant, Adam's father. An alcoholic, he owns the Boathouse Bar and Grill where Adam works. Like Charles and Dawn, he was stripped of his powers sixteen years prior to the series' beginning. He continually complains about how he never was with Amelia, despite their relationship being "written in the stars", and misses her more than he misses Adam's mother. Eventually, he tells Diana that Adam is destined to be with Cassie, causing their breakup. Later he stops drinking, realizing he needs to be a better father. He has a rivalry with Charles, mentioning multiple times that he has always been a bully. He also hates John Blackwell, at one point trying to kill him. He last appears in episode 16.
• Emily Holmes as Amelia Blake, Cassie's mother. She is killed by Charles in episode 1 in order to bring Cassie back to Chance Harbor.
• Andrea Brooks as Amelia Blake. She is mentioned throughout the series. She was a member of the previous generation of the Circle, and was John Blackwell's girlfriend: she let him into the Circle, but left him once she realized who he was. She stopped the demons Blackwell summoned at the boatyard fire, and was stripped of her powers along with Charles, Dawn, and Ethan. In a flashback, it is revealed that she knew Blackwell was also Diana's father.
• JR Bourne as Isaac, a high-ranking member of the witch hunters. Jake reports to him regularly: even after leaving the witch hunters, Jake still seems to have some respect for him. He arrives in Chance Harbor in episode 6 and leaves in episode 9 ; he later returns, however, to get Balcoin's medallion from Jake, showing that, at least to some extent, he reciprocates Jake's respect. His faction of the witch hunters is called the "True Believers".
• Richard Harmon as Ian, a witch hunter. He first appears in episode 7, trying to kill the Circle. He reappears in episode 20, having returned to Chance Harbor in Isaac's place to warn the Circle about a witch who has given power to the witch hunters.
• Sammi Rotibi as Eben, the leader of the witch hunters who will do anything to kill witches, especially John Blackwell. Sixteen years prior to the events of the series, he used Ethan Conant's power to try to kill Blackwell, but failed. That day he personally killed Jake and Nick's parents. When Blackwell returns, Eben summons demons into himself to protect him and to aid him in killing witches, causing a rift with Isaac and other witch hunters.
• Nina Kiri as Lucy Gibbons, John Blackwell's psychic sixteen years ago, who was at the boatyard on the night of the fire. She seeks Cassie out to warn her about the witch hunters.
• Lauren Stamile as Lucy Gibbons. She is revealed to be working for the witch hunters, just as she had been sixteen years ago.
• Tom Butler as Henry Chamberlain, Dawn's father-in-law, Faye's grandfather, and an elder. He comes to Chance Harbor after being called by Ethan Conant, to determine whether or not the next generation is practicing. Dawn kills him after he says he will alert the elders. Charles then hides his body at his house, twice, but it is eventually found.
• Stepfanie Kramer as Kate Meade, Charles' mother, Diana's grandmother, and an elder. She becomes suspicious when Diana tells her Charles and Dawn are dating, and confronts Dawn. Dawn later puts on a facade, possibly attempting to poison her, causing a rift with Charles. She tries to kill Cassie to destroy her dark magic but fails, and informs Charles that she knows what he has done. She returns in episode 22, to gift her power to Charles and Dawn to save the children.
• Hiro Kanagawa as Calvin Wilson, the owner of Chance Harbor's antique store and a witch from another Circle. He realizes Cassie has dark magic and tries to warn her, but is stopped by Jake. He later appears as a hallucination to Jake when he is sick.
• Joe Lando as John Blackwell, Cassie's father, and a witch with dark magic. He returns to Chance Harbor after Cassie uses his medallion to contact him. He is revealed to be Diana's biological father, from an affair when Charles and his wife were separated. His intentions remain unclear until the final episodes. It is revealed that he fathered Cassie and Diana, and caused the Circle's female members to become pregnant by their boyfriends and then go to the boatyard—which he knew was a trap—in order to make their children orphans whom he could manipulate to form his own circle of dark magic. He also had an affair and planned to have a child with Dawn, but was thwarted because she was already pregnant with Faye. His plans are ultimately stopped by Cassie and Diana.
• Grey Damon as Lee LaBeque, a practitioner of voodoo magic. Faye tracks him down in an attempt to get her solo magic back. He does some things, but they all have consequences Faye dislikes, and she believes he is using her. In fact, he is using her magic to revive his girlfriend who is in a coma. Nevertheless, he and Faye develop feelings for one another.
• Alexia Fast as Eva, Lee's girlfriend, who is in a coma. She later awakens and gains some of Faye's power due to Lee's voodoo magic.
• Michael Graziadei as Callum, a friend of Lee's and a drug dealer who sells Devil's Spirit. He realizes that Faye and Melissa are witches after a party and an argument with Lee. In episode 19, he attempts to steal one of the crystals, but the Circle stops him and "marks" him, ordering him to never return to Chance Harbor.
• Tim Phillipps as Grant, an Australian who comes to Chance Harbor by boat. He and Diana instantly develop a mutual attraction, but problems arise because he has lied to her about owning the boat, and because she is a witch. He offers to take her with him, away from Chance Harbor.