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Your Guide to the ‘Office Romance' Cast and Characters

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The new romantic comedy Office Romance, has filled out its office with so many fun comedic actors. If and when one of them catches your eye, here’s a guide to the cast and characters of Office Romance.

The film was written by Brett Goldstein, who also plays the leading man, and helmed by Imagine Me & You, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again director Ol Parker. It details a deeply inappropriate but irresistible romantic relationship between the CEO of an airline and the new lawyer brought on to get the company out of a scrape. By the end of the film, it’s clear that everyone at this company was as willing to get down and dirty as they are. Let’s get into who’s who.

Jennifer Lopez plays Jackie Cruz

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Jackie is the CEO of an airline called AirCruz with a strict no fraternizing at work policy.

Jennifer Lopez is, to my estimation, one of the most successful members of the pop star to movie star pipeline of all time. Her films Maid in Manhattan, Selena, and The Wedding Planner are as iconic as her music. Did you see Hustlers? She was seriously snubbed for an Oscar nomination. What about Marry Me, Anaconda, Monster-in-Law, The Mother, or Kiss of the Spider Woman? The fact that acting is basically a side hustle compared to her music career is just so so cool. She is an all time entertainer, period.

Brett Goldstein plays Daniel Blanchflower

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Daniel is a lawyer and new at the office.

Surely, you know writer and actor Brett Goldstein as Roy Kent on Ted Lasso. He has won two acting Emmy Awards, a Screen Actor’s Guild Award, and two Writer’s Guild Awards for the hit series. He’s also the co-creator of Shrinking on Apple TV+ and appeared as Louis. He’s Hercules in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, allegedly. His other screenwriting credits include the 2024 film Did you know he wrote this movie for Jennifer Lopez?

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Betty Gilpin plays Sydney Bloom

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Sydney is Jackie’s right hand woman.

If you haven’t seen GLOW, a.k.a. Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling, watch it NOW. Betty Gilpin plays Debbie Eagan a.k.a. "Liberty Belle" and steals every scene. She was also a series regular on Nurse Jackie and recently starred in Mrs. Davis and Three Women. She recently guest-starred on the incredible new comedy Widow’s Bay and last year took over for Cole Escola in Oh, Mary! on Broadway.

Edward James Olmos plays Captain Jack Cruz

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Captain Jack is our heroine’s father and the AirCruz founder.

Edward James Olmos is known for films like Stand and Deliver, Selena, and Bladerunner. On television, he played the powerful William Adama on Battlestar Galactica, Marty on Miami Vice, and Robert Gonzales on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Maybe you know him from American Family, Mayans MC, or Dexter. He’s a Golden Globe, Independent Spirit, and Emmy award winning actor.

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Tony Hale plays George Dudek

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George is AirCruz’s human resources director. Pray for him.

Tony Hale is best known for playing Buster Bluth on Arrested Development and Gary Walsh on Veep. Two icons! He won an Emmy for the latter twice and a SAG Award once! Hale is also a voice performer. He’s Forky in the recent Toy Story movies, Fear in Inside Out 2, and various roles on the hilarious Harley Quinn.

Jodie Whittaker plays Lizzy

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Lizzy is Daniel’s incarcerated sister.

No big deal, but Jodie Whittaker played The Doctor on Doctor Who for three seasons—or series, if you’re in the UK. She’s also in an excellent indie science fiction movie called Attack the Block with John Boyega. If those types of movies and shows aren’t your speed, you may know Whittaker from the cozy murder mystery series Broadchuch. She plays Beth, the mother of a young boy whose death brings a new detective to town and unearths so many secrets.

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Mary Wiseman plays Claire

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Claire is Daniel’s assistant this side of the pond.

Mary Wiseman plays an ebullient Starfleet cadet, and later first officer and captain, on Star Trek: Discovery. You might also know her from the offbeat comedy Baskets or the recent Netflix murder mystery series The Residence.

Tony Plana plays Francisco Alberto

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Francisco is an AirCruz board member.

Tony Plana played Betty’s dad on Ugly Betty from 2006-2010. He was also briefly on Desperate Housewives, Lethal Weapon, Netflix’s The Punisher, One Day At A Time, and White House Plumbers.

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Amy Sedaris plays Julie Schatz

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Julie works at a resort where Jackie and Daniel connect.

Amy Sedaris is most famous for Stranger with Candy, the film and subsequent series, which she wrote/co-created and starred in as Jerri Blank. You might also know her from guest-starring on every television comedy ever, as well as The Mandalorian, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, voicing Princess Carolyn on Bojack Horseman, or her recent eponymous series At Home With Amy Sedaris for which she won a Writer’s Guild Award.

Bradley Whitford plays Peter Vance

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Peter is AirCruz’s lawyer at the beginning of the film.

If you don’t know Whitford as Josh Lyman on The West Wing, which won him his first Emmy Award and two SAG Awards, you’re likely aware of his performance as the meme-able evil dad in Get Out. He has also been doing time, recently, on The Diplomat. He was on the latter seasons of The Handmaid’s Tale (also an Emmy-winning performance) and the 2011 horror comedy Cabin in the Woods.

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Rick Hoffman plays Carl Gunderson

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Carl is Falcon Air’s attorney.

You know working actor Rick Hoffman as Louis Litt on Suits. Other major television credits include Billions, Jake in Progress, The Bernie Mac Show, The $treet, and Samantha Who?

Roger Bart plays William Butten

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William is Jackie’s business and legal competition at Falcon Air.

Roger Bart is the singing voice of Disney’s Hercules. He is a musical theatre performer on Broadway and the West End who starred in You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, The Producers, Young Frankenstein, Back to the Future, Big River, and The Frogs. (He was friends with Rent composer Jonathan Larson and starred in the musical you hear about in tick, tick... BOOM!) He also played George on Desperate Housewives, recurred on Revenge, and was a series regular on Good Trouble.

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