Netflix's Into the Night season 2 has just dropped on the platform, and here's the cast of characters and what they've been in. The first Belgian TV show on Netflix was an experiment, but the first season found a strong audience that was hooked on the sci-fi disaster drama. Like Netflix's recent hit Blood Red Sky or Stephen King's The Langoliers, the action unfolds mostly on a plane, with a group of travelers on a flight to Brussels finding themselves in a race against time when the sun's radiation causes a chain reaction and mass disaster on Earth. They hopped from city to city in an attempt to escape the sun's killing rays and stay alive, and the finale found them finally finding a bunker in Bulgaria that could mean permanent safety.
Season 2 finds their temporary security shattered when an accident destroys a major portion of their stores of food. They're forced back above ground, this time with a plan to make it to the Global Seed Vault in Norway. Of course, as is usually the case with post-apocalyptic movies and TV shows, they soon find themselves competing with other groups of survivors who are after the same goal.
Most of the main cast is back from season 1 – the characters who weren't killed off, that is – and there are a few new faces. Here's the Into the Night season 2 cast and characters, including where you might have seen the actors before.
Pauline Etienne as Sylvie Bridgette Dubois
Pauline Etienne plays Sylvie, a former military helicopter pilot and one of the group's leaders. The Belgian actress has a number of acclaimed foreign films under her belt, including Lost Paradise (2012), 2013's The Nun (not to be confused with The Nun of the Conjuring universe), Eden (2014), and The Lion Sleeps Tonight (2017). Along with Into the Night, other TV shows include Public Enemy, 18h30, and The Bureau, where she played Céline Delorme.
Laurent Capelluto as Mathieu Daniel Douek
Laurent Capelluto plays Mathieu (above far right), the co-pilot of the plane that the survivors found themselves on to open the series. He's the other leader of the group with Sylvie. Capelluto has done a number of Belgian and French films, including Mr. Nobody (2009), Fils unique (2011) and Amour (2012). He's also an accomplished TV actor, with starring turns in The Returned and Black Spot. He's currently filming TV show Infiniti.
Mehmet Kurtuluş as Ayaz Kobanbay
Mehmet Kurtuluş returns as Ayaz Kobanbay, a Turkish passenger hiding secrets. Along with Into the Night, Kurtuluş has a number of Turkish TV credits to his name, including The Protector, Muhtesem Yüzyil: Kösem, and Tatort. Notable film roles include 1998's Short Sharp Shock, In July (2000) and Big Game (2014).
Babetida Sadjo as Laura Djalo
Babetida Sadjo is back in season 2 as Laura Djalo (far right above), a nurse's aide whose skills are called into use more than once. Sadjo has a relatively short filmography, but notable film roles include 2014's Waste Land and 2018's And Breathe Normally. Surprisingly, her only TV show before Into the Night was Belgian series Esprits de famille.
Jan Bijvoet as Richard "Rik" Mertens
Belgian actor Jan Bijvoet returns as Richard "Rik" Mertens, a former security guard who still has a heroic streak. Like the other actors on this list, Bijvoet has done a number of Belgian TV shows and movies, but he also has a few notable roles to his name that English-speaking audiences might recognize. Most notably, he played Grand Duke Leon Petrovna in season 3 of Peaky Blinders, and Vokia in Netflix series The Letter for the King.
Ksawery Szlenkier as Jakub Kieslowski
Ksawery Szlenkier returns as mechanic Jakub Kieslowski (left, green sweatshirt) in season 2. Szlenkier is a well-known actor in his native Poland, with film credits including The Auschwitz Report (2021), The Coldest Game (2019), and Within the Whirlwind (2009). His TV resume is more prolific, with roles on, among other shows, Barwy szczescia, Krew z krwi, and Wiadomosci z drugiej reki.
Vincent Londez as Horst Baudin
Vincent Londez is back in season 2 as Horst Baudin, a climate scientist who racest to figure out why the sun has suddenly turned so deadly. English-speaking audiences will recognize Londez from his role as Capitaine Romain Laugier on the cast of Lupin, Netflix's hit French series. Other notable TV roles include Public Enemy, Missions, and Lazy Company.
Regina Bikkinina as Zara Oblonskaya and Nicolas Alechine as Dominik Oblonsky
Regina Bikkinina (top right, in sweater) and Nicolas Alechine return as mother and son Zara and Dominik. a Russian mother who has a sick son, Dominik. In a story arc similar to Blood Red Sky, the first season found them traveling to Mexico for treatment for Dominik, who had a chronic illness, and things aren't much better in season 2. Into the Night is Bikkinina's first notable role, and Alechine's only role. However, Bikkinina will soon be seen in a French-language adaptation of Anton Chekhov's play Champ libre.
Alba Gaïa Bellugi as Ines Mélanie Ricci
Digital influencer and internet celebrity Ines Ricci returns, played by Alba Gaïa Bellugi. It's her fight with one of the soldiers overseeing the bunker that accidentally starts the fire that burns down the food supply in season 2. Bellugi is best known as Prune on The Bureau, and as Sabine in TV miniseries Apnea. Film credits include The Intouchables and The Evening Dress.
Nabil Mallat as Osman Azizi
Nabil Mallat returns as Osman Azizi (center, striped vest), a Moroccan airport janitor who became one of the original team of survivors in Into the Night season 1. Mallat has a few film roles to his name but is mostly known for TV series, which include Cordon, De Dag, Bullets, and Women of the Night.