# Amy Madigan Joins ‘Ascent’ TV Series At Paramount+

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/amy-madigan-joins-ascent-tv-series-at-paramount/
- Published: 2026-10-26T16:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T16:52:05+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/10/amy-madigan-joins-ascent-viola-davis-paramount-plus-1237173167/
- Topics: Entertainment, TV

## Key points

- Amy Madigan joins Paramount+ thriller *Ascent*.
- She plays a mentor to Viola Davis’s corporate fixer.
- Production is planned for next year in Los Angeles.

## Summary

Amy Madigan has joined *Ascent*, a new Paramount+ thriller starring Viola Davis and Sam Heughan. She will play Rachel, a former Ascent Ventures executive and mentor to Davis’s character, a corporate fixer who must use her crisis-management skills when her estranged daughter is in danger.

The series, created by John Logan, is set in the world of global corporate crises and damage control. Heughan plays Conal, one of the company’s top agents, and production is planned for next year in Los Angeles. Madigan won her first Oscar earlier this year for her role in *Weapons* and has several other screen projects in development.

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