Industry is a British-American financial thriller drama series created by Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, which initially follows a group of young graduates competing for permanent positions at Pierpoint & Co, a prestigious investment bank in London. The show premiered on November 9, 2020 on HBO. It features an ensemble cast led by Myha'la, Marisa Abela, Ken Leung and Sagar Radia across all four seasons; Harry Lawtey and David Jonsson play leading roles in earlier seasons.

Cast timeline

Key Main cast (receives star billing) Recurring cast (guest appearances in two or more episodes) Guest cast (appearing in one episode or credited as co-starring)

+ActorCharacterSeasons1234Main charactersMarisa AbelaYasmin Kara-Hanani colspan="4" Priyanga BurfordSara Dhadwal colspan="1" colspan="3" Mark DexterHilary Wyndham colspan="2" colspan="1" Myha'laHarper Stern colspan="4" David JonssonGus Sackey colspan="2" colspan="2" Harry LawteyRobert Spearing colspan="3" Ben Lloyd-HughesGreg Grayson colspan="1" colspan="1" Conor MacNeillKenny Kilbane colspan="4" Freya MavorDaria Greenock colspan="1" colspan="2" Derek RiddellClement Cowan colspan="1" colspan="3" Nabhaan RizwanHari Dhar colspan="1" colspan="3" Will TudorTheo Tuck colspan="1" colspan="3" Ken LeungEric Tao colspan="4" Sarah ParishNicole Craig colspan="3" Andrew BuchanFelim Bichan colspan="2" colspan="2" Amir El-MasryUsman Abboud colspan="1" colspan="3" Sagar RadiaRishi Ramdani colspan="1" colspan="3" Caoilfhionn DunneJackie Walsh colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" Nicholas BishopMaxim Alonso colspan="1" colspan="2" Trevor WhiteBill Adler colspan="1" colspan="2" Indy LewisVenetia Berens colspan="1" colspan="2" Alex AkpobomeDaniel Van Deventer colspan="1" colspan="2" Katrine De CandoleCeleste Pacquet colspan="1" colspan="2" Jay DuplassJesse Bloom colspan="1" colspan="2" Adam LevyCharles Hanani colspan="2" colspan="1" Sonny Poon TipLeo Bloom colspan="1" colspan="2" Faith AlabiAurore Adekunle colspan="2" Elena SaurelAnna Gearing colspan="1" colspan="1" Irfan ShamjiAnraj Chabra colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" Kit HaringtonHenry Muck colspan="2" colspan="2" Sarah GoldbergPetra Koenig colspan="2" colspan="1" Miriam PetcheSweetpea Golightly colspan="2" colspan="2" Andrew HavillAlexander Norton colspan="2" colspan="2" Roger BarclayOtto Mostyn colspan="2" colspan="2" Fiona ButtonDenise Oldroyd colspan="2" colspan="1" Eliot SaltCaedi McFarlane colspan="2" colspan="1" Georgina RichWilhelmina Fassbinder colspan="2" colspan="2" Tom StourtonJames Ashford colspan="2" colspan="2" Fady ElsayedAli El Mansour colspan="2" colspan="1" Gustav LindhXander Lindt colspan="2" colspan="1" Joel Kim BoosterFrank Wade colspan="2" colspan="1" Asim ChaudhryVinay Sarkar colspan="2" colspan="1" Harry Hadden-PatonTom Wolsey colspan="2" colspan="1" Max MinghellaWhitney Halberstram colspan="3" colspan="1" Kiernan ShipkaHayley Clay colspan="3" colspan="1" Charlie HeatonJim Dycker colspan="3" colspan="1" Toheeb JimohKwabena Bannerman colspan="3" colspan="1" Kal PennJonah Atterbury colspan="3" colspan="1" Amy James-KellyJennifer Bevan colspan="3" colspan="1" Edward HolcroftSebastian Stefanowicz colspan="3" colspan="1" Claire ForlaniCordelia Hanani-Spyrka colspan="3" colspan="1" Jack FarthingThe Commander colspan="3" colspan="1" Susanne WuestJohanna Bauer colspan="3" colspan="1" Stephen Campbell MooreTony Day colspan="3" colspan="1" Pip TorrensKevin Rawle colspan="3" colspan="1" Recurring charactersJoshua JamesJustin Klineman colspan="3" Ruby BentallLucinda Young colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="2" Branden CookTodd Barber colspan="1" colspan="3" Jonathan BarnwellSeb Oldroyd colspan="1" colspan="3" Helene MaksoudAzar Kara colspan="1" colspan="3" Alexandra MoenCandice Allbright colspan="2" colspan="1" Kåre ConradiKaspar Zenden colspan="1" colspan="3" Brittany AshworthDiana Ramdani colspan="2" Emily Barber colspan="2" Anna Wilson-JonesHolly Newman colspan="2" Neve BonnerLily Tao colspan="2" Serrana Su-Ling Bliss colspan="3" Adain BradleyJohn-Daniel Stern colspan="1" colspan="1" Rick WardenRobert Spearing Sr. colspan="1" colspan="2" James Nelson-JoyceJamie Henson colspan="2" Naana Agyei-AmpaduSadie Sackey colspan="2" Melissa KnatchbullMary Smith colspan="2" colspan="2" Olivia GrantNaomi Anderson colspan="2" colspan="1" Chloe PirrieLisa Dearn colspan="2" colspan="1" colspan="1" Nico RognerFerdinand Schwarzwald colspan="3" colspan="1" Jonjo O'NeillRobin Williamson colspan="3" colspan="1" Skye DegruttolaDolly Bird colspan="3" colspan="1" David WilmotEdward Burgess colspan="3" colspan="1" Sid PhoenixMoritz-Hunter Bauer colspan="3" colspan="1" Martin HancockDez Watkins colspan="3" colspan="1" Note:

Pierpoint & Co.

Yasmin Kara-Hanani

Yasmin Kara-Hanani (Marisa Abela) is a graduate recruit on Pierpoint’s Foreign Exchange (FX) Sales desk and one of the series’ protagonists. A wealthy heiress to the Hanani Publishing empire and fluent in multiple languages, she is materially privileged but emotionally unstable, with deeply strained relationships to her divorced parents—particularly her manipulative, philandering father Charles.

In series 1, Yasmin works under Vice President (VP) Kenny Kilbane, who repeatedly subjects her to bullying and verbal abuse. She lives alone in her father’s Notting Hill apartment, ends an unsatisfying relationship with her boyfriend Seb, and begins aggressively flirting with Robert Spearing, enjoying her emotional leverage over him despite his growing attachment. She befriends Harper Stern, who becomes her flatmate, though their friendship is complicated by Harper’s unreciprocated feelings for Robert and workplace rivalries. Despite Kenny’s conduct, Hilary Wyndham, Managing Director (MD) at the FX desk and Kenny's superior, advises Yasmin to remain silent during her Reduction in Force (RIF) day interview to appear a “team player.” Yasmin complies and is hired full-time, but Harper’s decision to reinstate Eric Tao and sacrifice Daria Greenock damages their friendship.

In series 2, Yasmin grows more competent and assertive on the desk while remaining hostile toward Harper. Kenny returns from rehab seeking absolution, which Yasmin refuses. She begins a sexual relationship with private wealth manager Celeste Pacquet and angles for a move into PWM. When Charles arrives in London as a prospective client, Yasmin uncovers that his finances are collapsing due to NDA settlements with former mistresses, including her childhood nanny. Yasmin confronts him over his predatory behavior, leading to Charles cutting her off financially.

In series 3, Yasmin confronts Charles aboard his yacht in Mallorca after catching him having sex with an employee; after a vicious argument, he jumps overboard and drowns while she makes no attempt to save him, with Harper helping cover up her involvement. Back in London, Yasmin is hounded by press amid revelations of Charles’ embezzlement and subsequent disappearance. Working on the merged CPS/FX desk, she helps rescue the spiraling Lumi IPO and begins a relationship with CEO Henry Muck, which she ends after learning of his harassment of employees. After rejecting Eric’s advances and being betrayed by Harper in a short against Pierpoint, Yasmin is fired following the leak of images of her father’s corpse. During a visit to Henry’s estate, Yasmin and Robert finally have sex and confess their love, but Yasmin ultimately agrees to marry Henry for protection and security. Months on, Yasmin’s public image has recovered, and she and Harper have reconciled.

In series 4, Yasmin reinvents herself as a socialite and political power broker as her marriage to Henry deteriorates following his loss of his parliamentary seat. She secures Henry the CEO role at fintech firm Tender and builds ties with Labour MP Jennifer Bevan to aid the company’s regulatory ambitions. In Vienna, she arranges a threesome with Henry and Tender assistant Hayley Clay, and after helping discredit journalist James Dycker, who is investigating Tender’s payment laundering, CFO Whitney Halberstram promotes her to chief communications officer; she promotes Hayley in turn, but learns Hayley holds leverage from their recorded encounter. Yasmin dismisses Harper’s warnings that Tender is fraudulent but later relays concerns to Henry. After Whitney gives Henry a letter acknowledging their criminal exposure, Yasmin works with Lord Norton to shift political blame toward the Labour government while allowing Henry to front the company’s collapse, then resigns and later divorces him following his arrest and plea deal. She reconciles with Harper and transitions into political public relations with Norton's backing, cultivating Reform MP Sebastian Stefanowicz and throwing him a Paris fundraiser backed by foreign donors using UK shell companies; when Harper objects to the event’s guests and Yasmin’s use of escorts, including Hayley and her cousin Dolly, Yasmin defends her actions as pragmatic and transactional, and shows Harper a compromising recording of Eric with Dolly. The next morning, she repeatedly listens to her father’s final voicemail inviting her on the yacht.

Sara Dhadwal Sara Dhadwal (Priyanga Burford) is the president of Pierpoint London in series 1, and oversees its new hire program. Firm and principled, she initially clashes with Gus Sackey when he castigates her for promoting Pierpoint's cutthroat culture, which he blames for the death of his colleague Hari Dhar. However, Sara gradually becomes more in favor of culture change at the company; she views Eric as the primary embodiment of Pierpoint's toxicity, and fires him after Harper reports Eric locking her in a conference room to berate her. She also tries to become a more supportive figure to Gus, but he grows increasingly disillusioned with the firm, and purposely sabotages his interview on reduction-in-force (RIF) day. The same day, Pierpoint's global head of FICC, Bill Adler, offers Harper a chance to retract her complaint against Eric to bring him back to the firm; Sara takes her aside and tries talking her out of it, telling her she has the power to fundamentally change the culture of Pierpoint. Harper, however, rebuffs Sara for seeing her as a victim, and agrees to have Eric rehired.

Hilary Wyndham Hilary Wyndham (Mark Dexter) is a MD of the FX desk at Pierpoint. Throughout the first season, he is shown to be a more measured leader than his subordinate Kenny, an alcoholic and a bully who repeatedly subjects Yasmin to verbal abuse. However, nearing reduction-in-force (RIF) day, Hilary advises Yasmin not to report Kenny's behavior, telling her that being a "team player" would benefit her career prospects. Yasmin caves to Hilary's advice during her RIF interview when she denies having any negative experiences at Pierpoint, and Hilary vouches for her, ensuring that she is hired.

In series 2, Hilary becomes paranoid about contracting COVID-19 at the office, wearing a mask to work and exhibiting germaphobe tendencies. Ironically, it is he who ends up falling ill and having to take time off from the office. Yasmin tells Hilary that she will be spending less time on the FX desk as she explores a move to the Private Wealth Management (PWM) division; Hilary, feeling numb and burnt out from the job, grants her his blessing.

Hilary briefly reappears in series 4, now working for the Railways Pension Scheme (RPS); Eric calls him to invest in his and Harper's new short-only fund, SternTao, but Hilary kindly declines, stating that the RPS doesn't share their appetite for risk.

Harper Stern