JonBenét Ramsey Miniseries Fills Its Title Role — See Who Else Is Joining the Paramount+ Cast

Paramount+’s JonBenét Ramsey miniseries has found its leading little lady.

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Young actress Emily Mitchell — who has appeared in episodes of Ghosts and What We Do in the Shadows , and recent films including Priscilla — will fill the title role in JonBenét Ramsey , an upcoming limited series chronicling 6-year-old Ramsey’s tragic murder in 1996.

Ordered to series earlier this month , JonBenét Ramsey (a working title) “follows the Ramsey family before and after the tragedy as they go through the painful loss of a child while facing intense public scrutiny caused by a media frenzy that caused this case to captivate an entire nation,” reads the official logline. “At the heart of the series, it is the story of [JonBenét’s parents] Patsy and John Ramsey, exploring the unbreakable partnership of these two complex people — as husband and wife, as mother and father — who had committed themselves and their children to building the narrative of a perfect, privileged life, only to have it destroyed one Christmas night in 1996.”

In addition to Mitchell as the young beauty queen, the project has also added Garrett Hedlund ( Tulsa King ) as seasoned detective Steve Thomas; Alison Pill ( Star Trek: Picard ) as Colorado police detective Linda Arndt; and Owen Teague ( The Stand ) as tabloid reporter Jeff Shapiro.

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They join previously announced stars Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen, who will play Ramsey’s parents, as well as Shea Whigham ( Gaslit ) and Will Patton ( Outer Range ), respectively playing District Attorney Alex Hunter and law enforcement official Lou Smith.

Production on the eight-episode miniseries is slated to begin soon in Calgary, Canada.

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