The Hunting Wives Nabs Bold and the Beautiful Star as Season 2 Adds Big Names
The Bold and the Beautiful alum Kim Matula has joined Netflix’s The Hunting Wives Season 2, as the July 21, 2025 breakout rides its massive success to a swift September renewal and fresh casting.
Netflix is loading up The Hunting Wives for season 2, and they just added a familiar face from daytime TV. Yes, a Bold and the Beautiful alum is headed to Maple Brook. Also joining: an Aussie you probably recognize from a teen horror movie you watched with the lights on.
So, who just joined?
Kim Matula, who spent years on the CBS soap The Bold and the Beautiful, has signed on for The Hunting Wives season 2. She will play a character named Nadia Kelly. Alongside her, Australian actor Alex FitzAlan (2018's Slender Man, the Stan drama Prosper) is coming aboard as Lincoln Trout. Per Variety, that is basically all they are willing to share right now. Character details are locked down tighter than Margo's secrets.
Quick refresher on the show
The Hunting Wives was created and is run by Rebecca Cutter, adapted from May Cobb's novel of the same name. It was originally set up at Starz before Netflix acquired it from Lionsgate, which is a fun little twist in the usual TV shuffle. Season 1 premiered July 21, 2025, turned into a big hit, and Netflix made the renewal official in September 2025. Cameras started rolling on season 2 in November, and season 1 is streaming now if you need to catch up.
What is this story actually about?
At the center: Sophie O'Neil, who moves with her husband to Maple Brook, a fictional Texas town. There, she meets Margo Banks, who happens to be married to Sophie's husband's boss. What starts as a social connection turns into something more complicated as Margo takes a very pointed interest in Sophie. The vibes: glossy small-town drama with sharp edges.
Cast roll call
- Brittany Snow as Sophie O'Neil
- Malin Akerman as Margo Banks
- Evan Jonigkeit as Graham O'Neil
- Katie Lowes as Jill
- Dermot Mulroney as Jed Banks
- Karen Rodriguez as Deputy Wanda Salazar
- Hunter Emery as Deputy Walter Flynn
- Kim Matula as Nadia Kelly (season 2)
- Alex FitzAlan as Lincoln Trout (season 2)
A quick note from Brittany Snow
Brittany Snow, who leads the series as Sophie, said in a November 2025 chat with The Hollywood Reporter that she actually popped into the writers room to see what they were cooking up for season 2. She kept it humble about how much she can influence things, but she did toss out a few ideas.
"I did! I asked to go in, and I wanted to pick their brain and see where it was going," she said. "I'm not a writer or a producer, so I can't offer them my opinion necessarily, but I shared some ideas, and they can take them and throw them out, as I'm sure they did."
Bottom line
Season 2 is underway, the cast just got a bump of soapy star power and a genre favorite, and Netflix seems all-in on this sleek Texas potboiler. If you missed the first wave, season 1 is sitting on Netflix waiting for you.