Crew Girl Netflix Cast: Actors, Characters and Release Date

The Crew Girl Netflix cast is led by Miku Martineau as Teagan Tao, a gifted 16-year-old rower whose life is overturned by a family scandal. Sam Braun plays team captain Josh Regis, Kyle Clark plays underdog Cam Dillinger, Jessica Paré plays Teagan’s mother Ella Tao, and Thomas Cadrot plays Coach Matt Hayden. The eight-episode teen sports drama premieres on Netflix on September 10, 2026.

Set inside the wealthy and intensely competitive world of Easton Prep, Crew Girl mixes rowing rivalry, family fallout, old-money pressure and a love triangle. This guide explains the confirmed cast and characters, what brings Teagan to the boys’ varsity crew, and what viewers should know before the premiere.

Who is in the Crew Girl Netflix cast?

The principal cast follows Teagan, the two rowers at the center of her love triangle, her mother, the team coach and the eight boys who must learn to work as one boat. Netflix’s official material confirms the following character assignments.

Miku Martineau as Teagan Tao

Miku Martineau plays Teagan Tao, a talented 16-year-old single-sculls rower whose future collapses after her father’s alleged financial misconduct becomes public. Teagan leaves California with her mother and tries to rebuild her life at Easton Prep. The school has no girls’ rowing team, so her only route back onto the water is to become coxswain of the boys’ varsity crew.

Teagan is not merely along for the ride. A coxswain directs the boat, calls the race and keeps the rowers moving together. That means she must earn the trust of boys who initially see her as an outsider. Martineau previously appeared in Netflix’s Bet and Kate, as well as Star Trek: Section 31. Her performance anchors the show’s mix of athletic ambition, family pressure and romantic uncertainty.

Sam Braun as Josh Regis

Sam Braun plays Josh Regis, Easton Prep’s confident and arrogant team captain. Josh occupies the stroke seat, the position that sets the crew’s rhythm, and he comes from a family whose name and money are closely tied to the school and its boathouse. Teagan’s arrival challenges both his control of the team and the image he tries to maintain.

Josh is one side of Teagan’s central love triangle. Their relationship is driven by sharp banter, competition and the possibility that his polished confidence hides heavier family expectations. Braun’s credits include Time Cut, Bad Genius, The Marshmallow Experiment and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.

Kyle Clark as Cam Dillinger

Kyle Clark plays Cam Dillinger, a quiet but fiercely driven local who does not share the wealth or social status of many Easton students. Cam sees rowing as a route to a strong education, an Olympic future and a better life for his family. His work ethic makes him the team’s overlooked potential MVP, but his outsider status leaves him fighting for recognition.

Cam is the gentler counterpoint to Josh in Teagan’s romantic dilemma. He and Teagan share a deep commitment to rowing, while his rivalry with Josh adds pressure inside the boat. Clark has appeared in Hello, Goodbye and Everything in Between, The Baby-Sitters Club and Riverdale.

Jessica Paré as Ella Tao

Jessica Paré plays Ella Tao, Teagan’s mother. Ella is also forced to start over after the family scandal. She takes Teagan back to Eagle’s Cove, the Massachusetts town she left years earlier, and must figure out how to protect her daughter while rebuilding her own identity and stability.

Ella’s story gives Crew Girl an adult emotional thread alongside the school drama. Her history with Coach Hayden suggests that returning home will reopen relationships and choices she thought were behind her. Paré is best known for playing Megan Draper in Mad Men and Mandy Ellis in SEAL Team.

Thomas Cadrot as Coach Matt Hayden

Thomas Cadrot plays Coach Matt Hayden, the adult who recognizes that Teagan can give Easton’s dysfunctional crew the leadership it lacks. He offers her the coxswain position, placing her in charge of athletes who are not immediately willing to follow her calls.

Hayden also has a personal connection to Ella from their younger years in Eagle’s Cove. That link allows the series to mirror Teagan’s romantic choices with unfinished history in the adult storyline. Cadrot’s previous credits include Scream VI, So Help Me Todd and Family Law.

Connor Paton as Ryder Regis

Connor Paton plays Ryder Regis, Josh’s cousin and another member of Easton’s varsity boat. Ryder has spent much of his life in Josh’s shadow, which turns the competition for status and the stroke seat into a family conflict as well as a sporting one. Paton has appeared in Happy Face and Riverdale.

Jude Wilson as Bronson ‘Baloo’ Garner

Jude Wilson plays Bronson ‘Baloo’ Garner, one of the boys Teagan must bring into sync. Baloo is also the twin sibling of Britney Garner, Josh’s girlfriend, which connects the team drama to Easton Prep’s wider social circle. Wilson has appeared in The Unforgivable, Riverdale and Fellow Travelers.

Vincent Muller as Damon Quaid

Vincent Muller plays Damon Quaid, the crew’s troublemaker. Damon adds unpredictability to a boat already divided by ego, rivalry and social pressure. His presence makes Teagan’s leadership job about more than race strategy because she must also manage personalities that can pull the team apart. Muller has appeared in Murder in a Small Town and Riverdale.

Riley Davis as Noah Bainbridge

Riley Davis plays Noah Bainbridge, the straight-laced member of the boys’ crew. Noah’s more disciplined personality gives the team a contrast to Damon and the louder rivals. Davis also appears in the sports-romance adaptation Off Campus, making Crew Girl another notable athletic drama in his early screen career.

Connor Wong as Perry Chou

Connor Wong plays Perry Chou, a stylish teammate described as being on trend even when he is not on rhythm. That detail hints at the comic and social energy he brings to the boat while Teagan tries to turn eight distinct personalities into a coordinated unit. Wong’s credits include Cruel Summer and Kung Fu.

Jarrett Carlington as Chris ‘Crab Catcher’ Padmore

Jarrett Carlington plays junior rower Chris Padmore, whose nickname is ‘Crab Catcher.’ In rowing, catching a crab means a rower’s blade gets trapped or mishandled in the water, disrupting the stroke and sometimes the whole boat. The nickname immediately tells viewers that Chris may have something to prove. Carlington has appeared in Spontaneous and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

Niall Matter as Richard Regis

Niall Matter plays Richard Regis, an adult member of the powerful Regis family. Netflix’s early public character information reveals less about Richard than it does about the students, but the Regis name is tied to Easton’s old-money world and the expectations surrounding Josh and Ryder. Matter is known for The Predator, Watchmen and numerous Hallmark productions.

Other supporting cast members

The supporting ensemble also includes Olga Petsa as Juliet Morny and Sage Linder as Britney Garner. Netflix’s title page lists both actors, while early cast reporting identifies Britney as Josh’s girlfriend and Baloo’s twin sibling. Additional adult and family characters expand the story beyond the boathouse as Teagan’s father’s scandal and the town’s old relationships develop.

What is Crew Girl about?

Crew Girl follows Teagan Tao after her father’s financial scandal destroys the secure future she expected. She and Ella move from California to Eagle’s Cove, where Teagan enrolls at the elite Easton Prep. The school only recently began admitting girls and does not have a girls’ rowing program, leaving Teagan separated from the sport that defined her life.

Coach Hayden offers a solution: Teagan can become coxswain of the boys’ varsity crew. To succeed, she must persuade eight rowers with competing ambitions to trust her voice and one another. At the same time, she is pulled between Josh, the privileged captain, and Cam, the determined townie. The result is a coming-of-age story in which the emotional conflicts and the race strategy depend on the same question: can these characters move together instead of fighting for control?

Viewers who like Netflix sports romances can also read our Finding Her Edge cast and Season 2 guide. Both shows combine elite competition, family expectations and a heroine whose athletic future becomes tangled with a love triangle.

How the Teagan, Josh and Cam love triangle works

Josh and Cam represent different versions of the world Teagan is entering. Josh understands Easton’s traditions, wealth and social hierarchy because his family is part of that system. Cam lives outside the old-money circle and treats rowing as a hard-earned opportunity. Teagan can challenge Josh without softening her ambition, but she shares Cam’s serious attachment to the sport and his experience of not fully belonging.

That setup gives the romance a direct effect on the boat. Josh and Cam are already rivals, and Teagan must lead both of them without allowing attraction or resentment to break the crew’s rhythm. Fans who enjoy competing love interests in school-based dramas may also want the latest guide to My Life with the Walter Boys Season 3.

Did the Crew Girl cast learn to row?

Yes. The principal actors trained for roughly a month before filming, even though most of the cast had no previous rowing experience. The production consulted people with elite rowing knowledge, including former Olympic silver medalist Anna van der Kamp, to make the movement, terminology and team dynamics feel credible.

That preparation matters because rowing depends on precise synchronization. One performer moving out of time can make an entire shot look false, just as one rower can disrupt a real shell. The training also helped the cast build the group chemistry required for a story about individuals learning to function as a crew.

Where was Crew Girl filmed?

Crew Girl was filmed in and around Victoria, British Columbia, although the story takes place at a fictional elite school in Massachusetts. Production ran in 2025, and the Canadian cast completed rowing preparation before shooting the eight-episode season. Coastal British Columbia provides the water, boathouse and green campus atmosphere needed to create Easton Prep’s East Coast setting.

Is Crew Girl based on a book?

No. Crew Girl is not adapted from a novel. It is an original teen drama created by showrunner Vivian Lin and developed with writer Morwyn Brebner. The series uses familiar YA ingredients, including an elite school, a family scandal, class conflict, athletic rivalry and a contested romance, but Teagan Tao’s story was created for television.

Readers looking for a book-based sports romance can compare the setup with our Off Campus series review, which explores Elle Kennedy’s hockey-romance universe and its screen appeal.

Why Crew Girl could appeal to Netflix teen-drama fans

Crew Girl has a clear hook: it places the social pressure of an elite prep school inside a sport that demands absolute teamwork. Teagan cannot win simply by being the strongest individual athlete. She has to read the boat, command people who doubt her and decide whether the relationships forming around her make the team stronger or more divided.

The class divide between Josh and Cam adds weight to the romance, while Ella’s return to Eagle’s Cove gives the series a second story about rebuilding after public humiliation. Viewers who prefer adventurous YA ensembles can check the Outer Banks Season 5 premiere guide. Those who want a more adult small-town romance can explore the Ransom Canyon Season 2 cast.