SERIES PREMIERED DECEMBER 6, 2019 | 3 SEASONS
- NAACP Image Award winner and 4 total nominations
- Critics Choice Award nominee
About the Series
This NAACP Image Award-winning drama stars Octavia Spencer as a podcaster who risks everything, including her life, to pursue truth and justice.
From the Page to the Screen
Truth Be Told is based off of Kathleen Barber’s 2017 debut novel Are You Sleeping.
Credits
Featured Cast
Season 1
- Octavia Spencer as Poppy Parnell
- Aaron Paul as Warren Cave
- Lizzy Caplan as Lanie Buhrman / Josie Buhrman
- Ron Cephas Jones as Leander “Shreve” Scoville
- Elizabeth Perkins as Melanie Cave
- Mekhi Phifer as Markus Killebrew
- Michael Beach as Ingram Rhoades
- Tracie Thoms as Desiree Scoville
- Haneefah Wood as Cydie Scoville
- Tami Roman as Lillian Scoville
Season 2
- Octavia Spencer as Poppy Parnell
- Kate Hudson as Micah Keith
- Mekhi Phifer as Markus Killebrew
- Ron Cephas Jones as Leander “Shreve” Scoville
- Michael Beach as Ingram Rhoades
- Tracie Thoms as Desiree Scoville
- Haneefah Wood as Cydie Scoville
- David Lyons as Detective Aames
- Tami Roman as Lillian Scoville
- Merle Dandridge as Zarina Killebrew
- Katherine LaNasa as Noa Haviland
- Mychala Lee as Trini Killebrew
- Alona Tal as Ivy Abbott
- Andre Royo as Demetrius
- Christopher Backus as Holt Redding
Season 3
- Octavia Spencer as Poppy Parnell
- Gabrielle Union as Eva
- Mekhi Phifer as Markus Killebrew
- Ron Cephas Jones as Leander “Shreve” Scoville
- Tracie Thoms as Desiree Scoville
- Haneefah Wood as Cydie Scoville
- David Lyons as Detective Aames
- Mychala Lee as Trini Killebrew
- Merle Dandridge as Zarina Killebrew
- Katherine LaNasa as Noa Havilland
- Tami Roman as Lillian Scoville
Author
Kathleen Barber
Executive Producers
(Season 1)
Reese Witherspoon, Lauren Neustadter, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Kristen Campo, Octavia Spencer, Nichelle Tramble Spellman, Leonard Dick, Ben Watkins, Mikkel Nørgaard, Victor Hsu
Executive Producers
(Season 2)
Reese Witherspoon, Lauren Neustadter, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Octavia Spencer, Nichelle Tramble Spellman, Mikkel Nørgaard
Executive Producers
(Season 3)
Reese Witherspoon, Lauren Neustadter, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Brian Clisham, Octavia Spencer, Nichelle Tramble Spellman, Mikkel Nørgaard, Maisha Closson