• Inform Me Lies season 3 sees Lucy and Stephen getting again collectively, which is certainly dangerous.
• Iris Apatow and Costa D'Angelo be a part of the season 3 forged.
• Season 3 is now airing on Hulu.

In the event you thought your faculty years have been dramatic, you haven't watched Tell Me Lies.

Hulu's intoxicating sequence follows Lucy Albright (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen DeMarco (Jackson White), whose on-and-off romance has been an emotional wrecking ball since they met at Baird Faculty in 2007. Flipping between their reckless early days and an explosive fallout years later, the present explores how Lucy and Stephen's twisted love story can't assist however yank everybody round them into the drama.

Lucy and Stephen are again collectively within the season 3 premiere, which dropped on Tuesday, Jan. 13. Regardless of their guarantees to alter, the official synopsis teases that "previous indiscretions hinder their finest intentions, and Lucy finds herself embroiled in an argument with which she needs nothing to do."

Van Patten and White return, as do stars Cat Missal, Spencer Home, and Tom Ellis, amongst others. Season 3 additionally welcomes newcomers Iris Apatow and Costa D'Angelo, who’re positive to offer the pot a recent stir.

Right here's a whole information to the Inform Me Lies season 3 forged and characters.

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Grace Van Patten as Lucy

Grace Van Patten, daughter of Emmy-winning director Tim Van Patten, bought her first style of appearing on a 2006 episode of The Sopranos directed by her dad. Later, she'd transfer on to roles on sequence corresponding to Legislation & Order: SVU (2013) and Boardwalk Empire (2014).

In 2017, Van Patten starred reverse Dustin Hoffman and Adam Sandler in Noah Baumbach's acclaimed The Meyerowitz Tales (New and Chosen). Most not too long ago, she performed the title position on Hulu's The Twisted Story of Amanda Knox (2025).

Now, she returns to Inform Me Lies season 3 as Lucy Albright, whose poisonous relationship with Stephen DeMarco — performed by her real-life boyfriend, Jackson White — drives a lot of the drama.

In a January 2026 interview with Swooon, Van Patten mentioned followers will see Lucy actually battle this season.

"I preferred how completely different it was from the primary two seasons, the place usually Lucy's very headstrong and cussed and form of justifies her actions, and I feel she's beginning to face these penalties," she teased. "It's forcing her to stay with herself after what she's achieved, and it completely kicks her into feeling disgrace and never being pleased about who she is and who she's develop into."

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Jackson White as Stephen

Jackson White is finest identified for Inform Me Lies, although followers may additionally acknowledge him from the HBO miniseries Mrs. Fletcher (2019), in addition to films corresponding to Ambulance (2022) and Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023).

He returns in season 3 as Stephen DeMarco, simply the present's most poisonous and merciless character. White not too long ago informed PEOPLE that Stephen is a "f—— tremendous villain" this season, particularly in the case of Lucy. Now that he is aware of about her hookup together with his finest pal, Evan (Branden Prepare dinner), he's hell-bent on inflicting her as a lot ache as attainable.

"He began as a reasonably ambiguous, 'Oh, why is he doing [that]? What's he doing? Who is that this? And oh, the place does he come from? Perhaps, possibly, possibly, possibly,'" White mentioned relating to Stephen's journey. "I try to simply present up and do the perfect job attainable, however there's no denying how malicious all of it is now — the lengths he goes to."

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Cat Missal as Bree

Cat Missal beforehand appeared on episodes of SVU (2011–2012) and The Blacklist (2018), in addition to within the 2015 comedy Trip, during which she performed the love curiosity of Skyler Gisondo's James Griswold. You may also catch her in a small position as a CIA responsibility officer in Kathryn Bigelow's A Home of Dynamite (2025).

Missal returns to Inform Me Lies as Bree, one among Lucy's finest friends. Within the faculty timeline, Bree remains to be reeling from her relationship with Oliver (Tom Ellis), a professor who was in an open marriage and didn't inform her till after she thought they'd been caught by his spouse.

Within the 2015 timeline, Bree is about to marry Evan, although their relationship will little question be sophisticated by Stephen having despatched her a voice memo of Evan confessing to his one-night stand with Lucy.

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Sonia Mena as Pippa

Previous to becoming a member of Inform Me Lies, Sonia Mena portrayed intercourse employee Xiomara within the third and remaining season of HBO's The Deuce (2019). Additionally they popped up on a number of different reveals, together with Search Occasion (2020), Love, Victor (2021), and Apple TV's Invasion (2021).

Mena performs Pippa, one other pal of Lucy's. Within the faculty timeline, Pippa is again along with Wrigley (performed by Mena's real-life associate, Spencer Home), whereas in 2015 she's relationship Diana (Alicia Crowder), Stephen's ex-girlfriend.

Lately, Mena talked about Pippa and Wrigley discovering their method again to one another after the demise of Wrigley's brother, Drew (Benjamin Wadsworth). Since Pippa was the one who helped reconnect the brothers, she carries guilt over Drew's unintentional overdose.

In response to Mena, that guilt performs a giant position in why Pippa stays. "I feel she stays within the relationship for lots of causes," they informed the Upcoming. "Undoubtedly obligation and guilt, but in addition love. There may be a lot true affection they’ve for one another, that she has for him."

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Spencer Home as Wrigley

Netflix subscribers might keep in mind Spencer Home as Clark, a soccer participant on the short-lived thriller sequence The Society (2019). He adopted that up with recurring roles on Space Force and Teenage Bounty Hunters in 2020, and later appeared alongside Missal in A Home of Dynamite, the place he performed Lieutenant Colonel Mark Belcher.

Now, Home returns for Inform Me Lies season 3, starring as fan-favorite character Mike Wrigley, a well-liked soccer participant who’s finest mates with Stephen and Evan. Early within the third season, college-era Wrigley is relationship Pippa whereas additionally rising nearer to Bree.

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Creator and showrunner Meaghan Oppenheimer not too long ago spoke with Selection about Wrigley and Bree's dynamic, saying that regardless that they barely know one another, their connection feels natural.

"They’re, by season 3, in quite a lot of methods, the individuals who have handled probably the most severe trauma of their lives," she defined. "I at all times like tales the place people who find themselves at all-time low join and discover therapeutic inside one another and discover a stunning secure area with one other individual. So it felt simply very natural to me."

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Branden Prepare dinner as Evan

Branden Prepare dinner performs Evan on Inform Me Lies, although you might also know him as Harper's ex-boyfriend on HBO's Trade (2020) and his activate Apple's Emmy-winning Masters of the Air (2024).

Evan is a rich pal of Wrigley and Stephen who's intertwined romantically with Bree. Earlier than his relationship with Bree, although, Evan had a quick fling with Molly, performed by Prepare dinner's real-life fiancée, Katherine Hughes.

On the finish of season 2, Evan opened as much as Stephen a couple of drunken encounter he had with Lucy, which haunts him all through the third season. "I feel Evan could be very mentally uncertain of what's occurring and the way he's going to proceed," Prepare dinner shared in a latest interview. "Stephen says he gained't use it in opposition to him… however I don’t know if Evan's fairly positive about that."

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Alicia Crowder as Diana

Alicia Crowder beforehand shared the display screen with Home on The Society, the place she performed Erika, the girlfriend of one among Clark's former soccer teammates. A number of years later, she joined Inform Me Lies as a fundamental forged member.

Crowder returns for season 3, reprising her position as Diana, a legislation faculty hopeful and Stephen's on-again, off-again faculty girlfriend.

In an interview with Hello!, Crowder hinted that "there's quite a lot of momentum" in season 3. "You actually really feel like there's a snowball impact and every part's coming to a head. It's like, 'Wow, what's occurring?' It's chaotic."

She additionally shared that the characters really feel "much more grounded" this season. "There's much less of a performative ingredient to all of them," she mentioned. "I imply performative in the best way that while you first meet a bunch of mates, you're not essentially being your truest, ugliest self. In [season three], it's much less filtered."

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Edmund Donovan as Max

Stage veteran Edmund Donovan is in demand, having pivoted from a starring position on Gossip Lady (2021–2023) to memorable supporting turns in Alex Garland's harrowing Civil Warfare (2024) and the Melissa Barrera-led horror rom-com Your Monster (2024).

Since 2022, Donovan has been stirring up extra than simply martinis as Inform Me Lies' Max, an enthralling bartender Lucy sleeps with throughout her freshman 12 months of school. Within the 2015 timeline, it's revealed that Max and Lucy are in a relationship, and that he attends Bree and Evan's wedding ceremony as her plus one.

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Tom Ellis as Oliver

Tom Ellis has a private tie to Inform Me Lies, as he's married to Oppenheimer, the present's creator.

Ellis is finest identified for taking part in the devilish title character on Lucifer (2016–2021), in addition to for movie roles corresponding to Isn't It Romantic (2019) and The Thursday Homicide Membership (2025). Subsequent, he'll headline the FBI spinoff sequence, CIA, which premieres on Feb. 23, 2026.

Ellis joined Inform Me Lies in season 2 as Oliver, a manipulative faculty professor who strikes up an ill-fated romance with Bree. In season 3, Evan confronts Oliver over his affair with Bree, just for him to feign innocence and even twist the scenario so Evan stays silent.

Oppenheimer informed Deadline that Oliver wanted to "get a bit of bit darker and extra f—– up" this season. "On the floor, Oliver, I at all times knew that he was such a foul man, but it surely was humorous, some individuals, even watching season 2, forgave him for lots of issues as a result of I feel Tom is so charming and Tom is so… I'm biased, however he's so stunning."

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Costa D'Angelo as Alex

Like fellow Australian actor Margot Robbie, Costa D'Angelo bought his begin on the cleaning soap opera Neighbours (2023–2024). He additionally appeared in Insurgent Wilson's musical The Deb (2024) because the city's dangerous boy, Dusty.

Trying forward, D'Angelo will seem reverse Florence Pugh in Netflix's upcoming adaptation of John Steinbeck's East of Eden.

Now, D'Angelo joins Inform Me Lies season 3 as Alex, a psychology graduate pupil who additionally occurs to be a drug seller. He additionally seems to be Bree's former foster brother.

The actor not too long ago opened up about becoming a member of the sequence, admitting he was "so excited" to work with Oppenheimer. "She simply loves this world a lot and actually believes in it, and that was, for me, so thrilling to get to work with a showrunner as sensible as her," he mentioned. "You are feeling so secure, such as you're in good arms as a result of the script, a lot of it’s so darkish, and so that you're weak."

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Iris Apatow as Amanda

Iris Apatow, the youngest daughter of director Judd Apatow and actress Leslie Mann, began appearing very younger, sharing the display screen along with her sister Maude in films like Knocked Up (2007), This Is 40 (2012), and The Bubble (2022).

Olivia Rodrigo followers can also know her because the pop star's bestie, in addition to a presence in her "Dangerous Concept Proper" music video and "Bitter Promenade" live performance movie. Apatow will subsequent seem with Elle Fanning and Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes within the Starvation Video games movie Dawn on the Reaping (2026).

In Inform Me Lies season 3, Apatow performs Amanda, who Deadline described as a "bubbly however fragile faculty freshman protecting a giant secret." Early on, it appears to be like as if she's being pulled into Oliver's orbit, however with this present, issues are not often so simple as they appear.

The place can I watch Inform Me Lies?

Inform Me Lies is offered to stream on Hulu. New episodes drop weekly on Tuesdays.

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