Legacies Season 3: Whos in the cast? The US Sun

THE third season of Legacies being eagerly anticipated by fans.

Featuring a mix of familiar faces from The Originals and Vampire Diaries, here is a breakdown of who we can expect to see in the supernatural drama's third season.

Who is in the cast of Legacies season 3?

Legacies is a spin-off of The Originals, which ran for five seasons till August 2018.

Vampire Diaries served as the show's first spin-off show.

Legacies premiered in 2018 featuring some characters from The Originals and Vampire Diaries. Season three is expected to feature many of the same faces.

However, after Hope fell into a state of perpetual slumber and Landon was struck by an arrow, their fate is in question...

Danielle Rose Russell as Hope Mikaelson

The 20-year-old actress first joined The Originals in 2018 as the daughter of Klaus Mikaelson.

She has had roles in films such as A Walk Among the Tombstones and 2016's Aloha.

She also had a role in the short lived series, The Last Tycoon.

Matthew Davis as Alaric Saltzman

Matthew's character first appeared on The Vampire Diaries.

His character is the human headmaster of the Salvatore School.

Matthew, 41, has had several roles in film and television and is popularly known for his role in Legally Blonde as Warner.

Kaylee Bryant as Josie Saltzman

Kaylee's character's first introduction was in the Vampire Diaries.

In Legacies, her character is a witch and a student at the Salvatore School.

Kaylee has also appeared in the drama, Criminal Minds.

Aria Shahghasemi as Landon Kirby

Aria's character, Landon made his debut in The Originals.

Landon is a phoenix, a rare supernatural being, whose existence had not been known.

Prior to being cast as Landon, Aria made a guest star appearance on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Thomas Doherty as Sebastian

Thomas plays new character Sebastian, a 600-year-old vampire who died as a teenager.

Sebastian is intent on stirring up some trouble with the rest of the characters.

Thomas, 24, is best known as Sean Matthews in The Lodge and Harry Hook in the Descendants.

Peyton Alex Smith as Rafael Waithe

Peyton Alex Smith's character Rafael becomes a student at Salvatore School after suffering from an abusive childhood in the foster care system.

Before Legacies, Peyton starred as Cedric Hobbs in the TV series, The Quad.

Riley Voekel as Freya Mikaelson

Riley's Freya Mikaelson first appeared in The Originals.

She plays Hope's aunt in Legacies' second season.

She has also appeared as Jenna Johnson in The Newsroom and as the younger version of Fiona Goode in American Horror Story.

What is Legacies about?

Legacies is set two years after events of The Originals and follows Hope Mikaelson, a descendant of powerful witches and werewolves who attends the Salvatore School of the Young and Gifted.

The school is designed as a safe haven for supernatural beings but they soon find they have to get through some drama along the way.

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When is Legacies on TV?

Season three will premiere on Thursday, January 21 at 9pm EST on The CW.

Episodes will air weekly on the CW, and will be available to watch the next day on the CW website.

Watch the trailer for Legacy's third season below:

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