Cicely Tyson and Glynn Turman Nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards

Both Cicely Tyson and Glynn Turman have been nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards, for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series and Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, respectively.

Amirah Vann Promoted to Series Regular for Season 5

Amirah Vann has been promoted to series regular for How to Get Away With Murder's upcoming fifth season. The actress joined the show in recurring capacity during the show's fourth season.

Rome Flynn Promoted to Series Regular for Season 5

Rome Flynn has been promoted to series regular for How to Get Away With Murder's upcoming fifth season. The actor first appeared in the fourth season's final episode.

Amirah Vann to Recur

American actress Amirah Vann (Underground) will appear on How to Get Away With Murder's fourth season in a recurring arc. Details about her role are being kept under wraps.

Alysia Livingston to Guest-star

American actress Alysia Livingston has joined How to Get Away With Murder's fourth season for a guest-starring role. She is to appear in episode five. Whether she'll appear in more than one episode remains to be seen.

Julius Tennon to Guest-star

American actor Julius Tennon will guest-star in an upcoming episode of How to Get Away With Murder's fourth season. Details about his role are being kept under wraps. He is the husband of the show's leading actress Viola Davis.

Jimmy Smits to Recur

American actor Jimmy Smits, best known for his Emmy-winning work on NYPD Blue and The West Wing, has been cast for a major arc on How to Get Away With Murder's fourth season. He will play an important character in Annalise Keating's (Viola Davis) life and also be a key player in the new season's mystery.

Brian Tyree Henry to Guest-star

Atlanta star Brian Tyree Henry will make a guest-star appearance on tomorrow's all new episode, "Go Cry Somewhere Else" (3x12). Any further details about his role are being kept under wraps.

Cicely Tyson to Return in Season 3

Cicely Tyson is set to return for at least one episode in How to Get Away With Murder's third season.

She will thus reprise her role as Annalise Keating's (Viola Davis) mom Ophelia Harkness. After a one-episode appearance in the show's rookie season, which earned Tyson a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, and a surprise return for two episodes in season 2, this marks Tysons fourth appearance overall.

The exact episode of her appearance has not been announced yet.

Brett Butler to Guest-star

American actress Brett Butler (Grace Under Fire, Anger Management) will be joining How to Get Away With Murder in its third season. Details are not available at this time, but supposedly she will somehow be involved with the university Annalise Keating (Viola Davis) teaches at.

Mary J. Blige to Guest-star

Another high profile artist is making an appearance on How to Get Away With Murder!

It has just been announced that multiple Grammy winner Mary J. Blige will guest-star in an episode of the show's third season. However, no details about her role or the episode of her appearance have been revealed.

Amy Madigan and Esai Morales to Recur

Grey's Anatomy alum Amy Madigan and Esai Morales (Criminal Minds, From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series) are both going to appear on How to Get Away With Murder's third season. Details about their respective characters and episode counts are being kept under wraps.

Lauren Vélez to Recur

American actress Lauren Vélez (Dexter, OZ, Ugly Betty) is joining How to Get Away With Murder's third season for a major recurring arc. She will play the President of Middleton University, the institution employing Annalise Keating (Viola Davis). It is unknown for now when exactly the character will make its screen debut.

Conrad Ricamora Promoted to Series Regular for Season 3

Conrad Ricamora has been promoted to series regular for How to Get Away With Murder's
upcoming third season. The actor joined the show way back in season 1 as Jack Falahee's love interest. The news has come just after the show aired its sophomore season finale last night.

Wilson Bethel, Adam Arkin, and Roxanne Hart to Recur

Actors Wilson Bethel (Hart of Dixie, The Astronaut Wives Club), Adam Arkin (Chicago Hope, Sons of Anarchy), and Roxanne Hart (Hung) are all set to join How to Get Away With Murder as recurring characters when it resumes its sophomore season on February 11, 2016.

Bethel has landed the role of Charles Mahoney, the Ivy League-educated son of Arkin’s Wallace (a Warren Buffet type who’s quiet and observant, but knows how to command a room when he chooses) and Hart’s Sylvia (a tough yet distinguished and smart socialite).

Wilson Bethel

Adam Arkin

Roxanne Hart

Armani Jackson to Recur

Young actor Armani Jackson (Grey's Anatomy) is set to recur on How to Get Away With Murder's sophomore season as young Wes Gibbins (played by Alfred Enoch). Creator James Nowalk had previously stated that he is going to explore the background stories  of the Keating Five. For now, it is unclear when Jackson will make its debut on the show.

Amy Okuda to Recur

How to Get Away With Murder has cast American actress Amy Okuda for a recurring arc in the show's second season. There are no further details available so far.

Matt Cohen to Recur

American actor Matt Cohen, known from Supernatural and South of Nowhere, has signed on for a recurring role on How to Get Away With Murder's sophomore season. He will play a character named Levi, who is described as an edgy, sexy working class guy.

Cohen is booked for three episodes so far and will make his debut in the second episode of the second season.

Famke Janssen to Recur

Dutch actress Famke Janssen (X-Men, Nip/Tuck) is joining the second season of How to Get Away With Murder for a multi-episode arc. Details about her character have not been provided yet, but rumor has it that she will play a defense attorney.

Kendrick Sampson to Recur + Update on Katie Findlay

Kendrick Sampson, known from The Vampire Diaries or Gracepoint, has signed on for a substantiate recurring arc on the second season of How to Get Away With Murder. His character is going to be introduced in the season premiere.

There has been pleasant rumor about Katie Findlay, who plays Rebecca Sutter on the show, returning for season 2 despite her character's dreadful fate. This seems more and more likely now, as the actress herself has tweeted about working on set again.