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Reneé Rapp Joins The Morning Show as Samantha

3/20/2026

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Reneé Rapp will join The Morning Show in its fifth season as Samantha, a young UBN news star.
She previously starred in HBO Max's The Sex Lives Of College Girls and the Broadway adaptation of Mean Girls, then left acting to focus on music and released two albums.
The series is produced by Media Res, with Charlotte Stoudt as showrunner and Mimi Leder directing.

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Reneé Rapp will join The Morning Show in its fifth season as Samantha, a young UBN news star.
She previously starred in HBO Max's The Sex Lives Of College Girls and the Broadway adaptation of Mean Girls, then left acting to focus on music and released two albums.
The series is produced by Media Res, with Charlotte Stoudt as showrunner and Mimi Leder directing.