FIRST LOOK & CASTING ANNOUNCEMENT:

Kandi Burruss Joins Sophomore Season of Onyx Collective's "Reasonable Doubt"

Season two of "Reasonable Doubt" premieres August 22 on Hulu

Photo Credit: Disney / Crystal Power

Kandi Burruss is set to join the sophomore season of Hulu's "Reasonable Doubt" alongside series regulars Emayatzy Corinealdi, Morris Chestnut, McKinley Freeman, Tim Jo, Angela Grovey, Aderinsola Olabode and Thaddeus J. Mixson.

Burruss is set as the recurring guest star role of "Eboni Phillips." She was wild in a former life but has since cleaned herself up. Eboni is the mother of JT's child, Natasha.

SYNOPSIS: After trying to heal from her wounds from last season's arduous trial and deadly affair, Jax Stewart is attempting to get her life back on track. That is until one of her closest friends reveals that she has killed her husband. Her friend is claiming self-defense, but an uncompromising prosecutor thinks otherwise. Needing all the help she can get, Jax brings in an ambitious defense attorney to lead the case, but things get tense very quickly. Can Jax defend her friend, save her marriage and protect her energy while being catapulted into the biggest case of her career? Or will she lose it all?

CREDITS: "Reasonable Doubt" is created, written and executive produced by Raamla Mohamed. Kerry Washington executive-produces alongside Pilar Savone for Simpson Street, Larry Wilmore via Wilmore Films, and Anton Cropper. Shawn Holley, Jon Leshay, Tamara Gregory, Lena Cordina, TASH Gray and Resheida Brady serve as co-executive producers. The series hails from Onyx Collective and is produced by ABC Signature, a part of Disney Television Studios.

CAST:

· Emayatzy Corinealdi as "Jax Stewart"

· McKinley Freeman as "Lewis Stewart"

· Morris Chestnut as "Corey Cash"

· Tim Jo as "Daniel"

· Angela Grovey as "Krystal"

· Thaddeus J. Mixson as "Spenser"

· Aderinsola Olabode as "Naima"

Kandi Burruss

Best known for starring in 12 seasons of Bravo's pop culture juggernaut The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Burruss is an Atlanta-born star who has catapulted from singer and hit songwriter to businesswoman, entre-preneur, actress, TV personality and proud mother. Her music credits include Destiny's Child's GRAMMY-nominated "Bills, Bills, Bills," Pink's "There You Go," Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You," Ariana Grande's "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored," and TLC's GRAMMY-winning "No Scrubs." In 2000, she became the first woman to be honored with ASCAP's Rhythm & Soul Music Award for Songwriter of the Year. Her television credits include a recurring role on Showtime's acclaimed drama series "The Chi," CBS's "Celebrity Big Brother," and becoming the first-ever female winner of Fox's "The Masked Singer" during its third season as the Night Angel. Burruss launched multimedia agency Kandi Koated Entertainment, adult toy and life-style brand Bedroom Kandi, cosmetics brand Kandi Koated Beauty, southern eateries Old Lady Gang and Blaze Steak & Seafood, unisex children's lifestyle brand Raising Ace, and luxury women's apparel boutiques TAGS. Additional credits include her Broadway debut in the long-running, Tony Award-winning revival of "Chicago," playing the role of Matron "Mama" Morton, her first feature film role in Lifetime's "Envy: A Seven Deadly Sins Story" and producing Broadway's "Thoughts of a Colored Man."

Burruss is represented by Artist Collective Entertainment. Her headshot can be found HERE.

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About Onyx Collective

Onyx Collective is a premium content brand under Disney Entertainment Television, with programming exclusively available to stream on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in all other territories. Onyx Collective curates globally entertaining stories by creators of color and underrepresented voices, all with a culturally specific point of view, including Oscar(R)-winning documentary "Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)," "Reasonable Doubt," Emmy(R)Award-nominated and Peabody Award-winning documentary film "Aftershock," Emmy Award-winning docuseries "The 1619 Project," "Black Twitter: A People's History," "Deli Boys," "Drive with Swizz Beatz," "How to Die Alone," "Queenie," "Ring of Fire: The Life of Annie Mae Aquash," "UnPrisoned" and "Untitled Sly Stone" (working title).

The brand's roster of prolific creators also includes Ryan Coogler's Proximity Media ("Black Panther," "Judas and the Black Messiah"); Manolo Caro ("The House of Flowers") and Woo Films; Destin Daniel Cretton ("Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings") and his production company Hisako; Jason Kim ("Barry," "KPOP"); Academy Award(R)-winning filmmaker Joseph Patel ("Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)"); Prentice Penny's Penny for Your Thoughts; Natasha Rothwell ("Insecure," "SNL"); Yara Shahidi with her 7th Sun Production Company; and Erika Green Swafford and her production company, Chocolate Girl Wonder.

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