Christopher Lawrence/Crave // AMC Don’t be fooled by the cozy mystery vibes on Yaga . The spooky new Canadian series is also sexy, magical, and always on the verge of an even darker twist. But the super stacked Canadian cast is probably what made you take note of this show in the first place. Here’s what you need to know about the cast and characters of Yaga .
After Heated Rivalry took the nation by storm last year, Yaga is the latest Crave Original series to...what’s the Canadian equivalent of “crossing the pond”...flying South for winter? (And can we make that happen for Slo Pitch ? Anyway!) Unlike Heated Rivalry , however, American audiences can watch Yaga on AMC+ instead of HBO Max. The supernatural mystery series is based on a play by Kat Sandler, who adapted her own work for the screen. It is a feminist retelling of the Baba Yaga character from Slavic folklore set in the fictional coastal Canadian town of Whittock. Here’s who you’ll meet as the dangerous story unfolds, and who plays them.
Rapp is a chatty, flirtatious, chaotic private detective who comes to Whittock to investigate the disappearance of a rich fishery heir.
To most folks tuning in to Yaga , Reid is Patrick from Schitt’s Creek . Earlier this summer he was on another AMC series , The Vampire Lestat , as Larry Slater, the former frontman of the rock band that would become Lestat’s own. Some of his other screen credits include Outer Range , Degrassi: The Next Generation, the 2012 Titanic miniseries, and People Hold On . Reid is a musician and a prolific Canadian stage actor. He made his Broadway debut in 2022. He was also the voice of Franklin the turtle on Franklin . It’s very important to me that you know that.
Sergeant Carson is the local detective assigned to the missing persons case. She’s no-nonsense at work but has a known penchant for romantasy.
You might recognize Backo from her work on shows like Letterkenny, The Handmaid’s Tale, Designated Survivor, Wynonna Earp, Supernatural, Station Eleven, and as one of the leads in The Changeling on Apple TV+. She also played a supporting role in the 2022 romantic comedy I Want You Back , starring Jenny Slate and Charlie Day, and popped up as a scientist in Venom: The Last Dance .
Carrie-Anne Moss plays Dr. Katherine Hargrove
Katherine is a mysterious professor who teaches a course on bones.
Sorry to be like “that’s literally Trinity” but she is, literally, best known for starring alongside Keanu Reeves as Trinity in the Wachowski sisters’ Matrix franchise. She won an Independent Spirit Award in 2000 for Christopher Nolan’s Memento and also appeared in Chocolat, Disturbia, and Silent Hill: Revelation . Some of her television appearances over the years include Vegas, Chuck, and Models Inc. More recently, maybe you saw Moss play Jeri Hogarth in some Marvel shows on Netflix, like Jessica Jones and Iron Fist ? Maybe you also saw her play a friggin’ Jedi master in The Acolyte ?? She is a legend.
Hudson Williams plays Henry Park and Logan Casey
Henry is the billionaire playboy fishery heir who goes missing. Logan is his dorky overalls-loving roommate and, randomly, his doppelgänger.
Maybe you saw him in a Laufey video or a Peleton ad this year. Or maybe you’re aware that Williams is half of 2025’s most impressive Cinderella story, shooting to fame after co-starring in the first season of Heated Rivalry . Prior to that breakout role, he’d appeared in an episode of CBS’ Tracker and the CBC series Allegiance, as well as many short films. Later this year, you can see him in the Netflix limited series The Altruists and as himself in the docu-series The Assembly .
Pam is a student and Logan’s on/off girlfriend.
Franky’s only other television role was Lucy in the Netflix series Untamed . She is also a singer-songwriter who recorded a song for Untamed and released an album in 2025.
Eckert is a detective and Carson’s coworker.
Prior to Yaga , Gilmore had recurring roles on the television series Intelligence, Riese, Stargate Universe, and You Me Her . He had main roles on the Netflix show Travelers , the CTW series Jann, and the Paramount+ show School Spirits . You might also recognize him from The Audacity, Family Law, Gracepoint , or The Killing.
Olena “Yaha” (curious...) is a local Ukrainian woman.
McCarthy has won many, many Canadian awards for film, television, and theater. On this side of the continent, you saw her recently-ish in Women Talking and The Umbrella Academy . She was in over 80 episodes of the sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie . In the late 90s/early 00s she played Aunt Laura in the series adaptation of Emily of New Moon . And her other films include The Lotus Easters, Bright Angel, Breakfast with Scot, The Day After Tomorrow , Die Hard 2, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen , and one of my favorite romcoms, The Broken Hearts Gallery .
Geena owns a local diner and employs her teenage daughter, Lily.
And sorry to be like “that’s literally Anne Shirley,” but Follows is best known for playing Anne (with an E) in the 1980s and 2000s miniseries adaptations of Anne of Green Gables and subsequent Avonlea tales. She also starred as the infamous Catherine de' Medici on Reign for four seasons. Other shows and films include Heartland, The Republic of Sarah, Wynonna Earp, Silver Bullet , and Breakfast with Scot . In 2024, she directed the horror movie She Came Back starring Amybeth McNulty, who was literally Anne Shirley in Anne with an E .
Angel is a receptionist at the hotel where Rapp is staying in town.
Baranac played the Archie Comics character Midge Klump on the second and third seasons of Riverdale, and then appeared as another character in the same universe named Audrey on The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina . She also played Genevieve in the To All The Boys I Loved Before films. Baranac also joined the Flana-verse in 2022 with The Midnight Club and starred in the CBC series Fakes that same year. She was also a supporting character in last year’s Netflix romcom The Wrong Paris .
Acken played the younger version of Riley Keough’s character in the Hulu series Under the Bridge . Her other pre-Yaga credits include The Sacrifice Game, Circuit Breakers, and Come Fly with Me .
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