Rosie Perez cast opposite Billy Crystal in Apple TV's limited series Before

Oscar and Emmy Award nominee Rosie Perez stars alongside executive producer Billy Crystal and Judith Light in the Apple TV+ series Before. Written by Sarah Thorp, Before is an atmospheric, character-driven ten-episode psychological thriller about Eli, a child psychiatrist who, after recently losing his wife Lynn (Light), meets a confused young boy who seems to have a ghostly connection to Eli's past.

Seductively enigmatic, Lynn is the love of Eli's life, but her recent death may not be quite what it seems. As Eli digs deeper into the hidden life of the woman he thought he knew, he soon discovers that Lynn is haunting him from beyond the grave.



Perez (pictured) will play Denise, a caring and strong-willed foster mother to Noah, one of Eli's (Crystal) patients.

Before comes from Paramount Television Studios and is directed by Thorp. Emmy Award winner Adam Bernstein (Fargo) directs the pilot. Eric Roth, Adam Bernstein and Jet Wilkinson produce along with Crystal and Thorp.

Perez most recently appeared in the Showtime drama series Your Honor (US) opposite Bryan Cranston, Netflix's Human Resources and as a regular cast member in Max's The Flight Attendant.

Perez has dazzled audiences on stage and screen for more than three decades while paving the way for Latinos and women in Hollywood. She is best known for her roles in several projects, including her breakthrough role in Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing and later White Men Can't Jump, It Could Happen To You and Birds of Prey.

But it all started with her role as a choreographer and Fly Girl on the Fox sketch comedy series In Living Color, which earned her three Emmy nominations. In 2021, she was nominated again for her work in The Flight Attendant. She was also nominated for an Academy Award in 1993 for her role in the Peter Weir-directed film Fearless.