This lifeguard tower is getting crowded. Social media star, gymnast and now actress Livvy Dunne has joined the ever-growing cast of Fox\u2019s \u201cBaywatch\u201d reboot, the network announced Thursday.<\/p>\n
Dunne will be a recurring star, playing Grace, \u201ca highly enthusiastic junior lifeguard.\u201d She joins a cast that includes Stephen Amell, Shay Mitchell, Jessica Belkin, Hassie Harrison, Thaddeus LaGrone, Brooks Nader, Noah Beck, Shay Mitchell and David Chokachi.<\/p>\n
More from Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n A former LSU gymnast, Dunne became the highest-earning female college athlete and eventually became a social media star, boasting more than 15 million followers across platforms. Dunne has also been seen on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue and works in fashion and media, among other outlets.<\/p>\n In the new \u201cBaywatch,\u201d scheduled to premiere on Fox during the 2026-2027 TV season, Amell plays Hobie Buchannon, the son of original \u201cBaywatch\u201d lead character Mitch Buchannon (played in the OG by David Hasslehoff), while Mitchell is Trina, Belkin is Charlie Vale, LaBrone will play Brad, Harrison is Nat, Nader is Selene, Beck is Luke and Chokachi reprises his role from the original series (Cody Madison). Fox and producer Fremantle also recently held a\u00a0day-long casting call<\/a>\u00a0to find additional players for the new show.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s part of the logline for the revival: \u201cThe wild child Hobie Buchannon we all loved from the original series is now a Baywatch captain, following in the footsteps of his legendary father, Mitch. Hobie\u2019s world is turned upside down when Charlie, the daughter he never knew, shows up on his doorstep, eager to carry on the Buchannon family legacy and become a Baywatch lifeguard alongside her dad. OG heartthrob Cody Madison now runs The Shoreline, the unofficially official Baywatch bar-and-grill, and still puts on the red trunks for the occasional shift saving lives. He\u2019s a mentor to and a friend, providing a second home for his fellow lifeguards\u2026 and always offering free wings after a big save.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBaywatch\u201d was\u00a0picked up for the 2026-2027 broadcast season\u00a0by Fox back in September 2025 with a 12-episode order. Matt Nix is the showrunner and an executive producer on the reboot along with McG, Michael Berk, Greg Bonann, Doug Schwartz, Dante Di Loreto and Mike Horowitz. McG will also direct the series premiere episode.<\/p>\n The series is co-produced by Fox Entertainment and Fremantle. Fox Entertainment Global holds domestic distribution rights and Fremantle manages international sales.<\/p>\n Dunne is repped by Brillstein Entertainment Partners and The Team.<\/p>\n Best of Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Variety’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This lifeguard tower is getting crowded. Social media star, gymnast and now actress Livvy Dunne has joined the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[54542,22304,434,175622,173699,175624,18,117,173698,175621,19,17,54733,175623,62801,175620,173697,134558,167653,164104],"class_list":{"0":"post-382907","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-baywatch","9":"tag-brooks-nader","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-cody-madison","12":"tag-david-chokachi","13":"tag-david-hasslehoff","14":"tag-eire","15":"tag-entertainment","16":"tag-hassie-harrison","17":"tag-hobie-buchannon","18":"tag-ie","19":"tag-ireland","20":"tag-jessica-belkin","21":"tag-lifeguard-tower","22":"tag-livvy-dunne","23":"tag-mitch-buchannon","24":"tag-noah-beck","25":"tag-shay-mitchell","26":"tag-social-media-star","27":"tag-stephen-amell"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}