# Amy Madigan Joins Cast of Paramount+’s ‘Ascent’ With Viola Davis and Sam Heughan

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/amy-madigan-joins-cast-of-paramounts-ascent-with-viola-davis-and-sam-heughan/
- Published: 2026-10-26T16:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T16:51:45+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/amy-madigan-cast-paramount-ascent-1236929987/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment

## Key points

- Amy Madigan joins Paramount+ thriller “Ascent”.
- She will play Viola Davis’s character’s mentor.
- Production is due to start in Los Angeles in 2027.

## Summary

Amy Madigan has joined Paramount+’s forthcoming drama thriller “Ascent”, alongside Viola Davis and Sam Heughan. Her casting adds an Oscar-winning actor to a series about corporate crisis management and raises interest through her reunion with creator John Logan.

Madigan will play Rachel, a former Ascent Ventures executive and lifelong mentor to Davis’s character, Catriona, an elite corporate fixer whose estranged daughter is in danger. Heughan plays Conal, an agent at the firm. Production is due to begin in Los Angeles in 2027; Logan is the creator and showrunner, with Paramount Television Studios producing.

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