Cicely Tyson will be joining the cast of Ava DuVernay’s upcoming OWN anthology romance series “Cherish the Day” as a series regular.
Tyson will play Miss Luma Lee Langston, a legendary star of stage and screen in decades past. The “How to Get Away With Murder” star joins previously announced leads Xosha Roquemore and Alano Miller. Roquemore will play Gently James, Luma’s live-in assistant, and Miller will play, Evan Fisher, Luma’s romantic interest.
Each season of “Cherish the Day” will chronicle one couple’s romance, with each episode spanning a single day. The season-long narrative will unfold to reveal significant moments in a relationship that compel us to hold true to the ones we love, from the extraordinary to the everyday, according to OWN.