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

Teyonah Parris has been tapped as the female lead and Danielle Brooks also has been cast as a series regular in Before I Let Go, Peacock‘s upcoming series based on the novel by romance author Kennedy Ryan, which is executive produced by John Legend and Debra Martin Chase. In Before I Let Go, created by Ryan and Malcolm D. Lee, who co-wrote the pilot, their love was supposed to last forever, but when life dealt Yasmen (Parris) and Josiah Wade back-to-back devastating blows, they realized love can’t solve everything. The life they created fell apart — divorce and shared custody followed. Now, Yasmen finally is starting to find joy, but proximity to Josiah keeps the embers hot despite reopening old wounds. They are beginning to wonder if they’re truly ready to let go of everything they once had. Is it too late to find forever? Or could the second time around be even better? RELATED: 2026 TV Series Renewals Photo Gallery Watch on Deadline Parris’ Yasmen Wade is a successful mom and restaurateur who has her life flipped upside down through a series of losses that cost her nearly everything, including the love of her life. Brooks will play Parris’ best friend Hendrix Barry, a successful entrepreneur who pours everything into the people and causes she loves. Confident, sexy, childless by choice and with marriage as a maybe, she is the life of every party. RELATED: 2026 TV Cancellations Photo Gallery: Series Ending This Year & Beyond From Scratch creators Attica Locke and Tembi Locke write and serve as showrunners. They executive produce with Lee, who is directing; Ryan, Dominique Telson of Blackmaled; Mike Jackson and John Legend via Get Lifted Film Co.; and Debra Martin Chase for Martin Chase Productions. Universal Global Television and Universal Television, divisions of Universal Studio Group, are the studios. Parris is known for her role as Monica Rambeau in Marvel Studios’ WandaVision, later reprising the role in the film The Marvels. Her recent credits include Apple TV’s Matchbox: The Movie and the Netflix series No Good Deed. She has joined the cast of Gavin O’Connor’s upcoming drama Running and is set to co-star in Don’t Go Gentle. Parris is repped by CAA and Fox Rothschild. RELATED: Teyonah Parris To Co-Star With Denzel Washington In Christopher McQuarrie’s Thriller For United Artists Oscar-, Emmy- and Tony-nominated actress and Grammy-winning singer Brooks most recently starred in the indie feature If I Go, Will They Miss Me?, which premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, and in the HBO Max series Peacemaker. Coming up for her are Netflix’s Bad Day, opposite Cameron Diaz, and A Minecraft Movie Squared, in which she reprises her role from the first movie. Brooks returns to theater next winter in the Off-Broadway musical You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, with David Hyde Pierce, Ayo Edebiri and Jin Ha. She is repped by CAA, Door 24 and Paul Hastings.