# Teyonah Parris & Danielle Brooks To Star In ‘Before I Let Go’ Peacock Series Based On Kennedy Ryan’s Book

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/teyonah-parris-danielle-brooks-to-star-in-before-i-let-go-peacock-series-based-on-kennedy-ryans-book/
- Published: 2026-11-12T17:45:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T21:13:18+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/11/teyonah-parris-danielle-brooks-before-i-let-go-peacock-series-1237220981/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, TV

## Key points

- Teyonah Parris leads Peacock’s Before I Let Go.
- Danielle Brooks joins as Yasmen’s best friend.
- The series follows a divorced couple considering a second chance.

## Summary

Teyonah Parris will lead Peacock’s series Before I Let Go, with Danielle Brooks joining as a series regular. Based on Kennedy Ryan’s novel, the drama follows a divorced couple whose shared custody and renewed closeness lead them to question whether they can rebuild their relationship.

Parris plays Yasmen Wade, a successful mother and restaurateur whose life was upended by a series of losses; Brooks plays her best friend, entrepreneur Hendrix Barry. Kennedy Ryan and Malcolm D. Lee created the series, with Attica and Tembi Locke as writers and showrunners. John Legend and Debra Martin Chase are among its executive producers.

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