Daredevil: Born Again: Krysten Ritter to Return as Jessica Jones in Season 2

 

Ritter, who previously played Marvel hero Jessica Jones in two Netflix projects, is confirmed to reprise that role via Daredevil: Born Again‘s upcoming second season on Disney+.

The actress’ return was announced by Matt Murdock himself, Charlie Cox, at Disney’s Upfront presentation to advertisers on Tuesday.

“It is so great to be back, returning to Jessica after three seasons and The Defenders, and now joining the MCU,” Ritter said during the event. “I am so excited to bring back this iconic character. And without giving too much away, there’s much more in store for Jessica Jones. This is going to be an incredible season.”

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Ritter first played Jessica Jones in Marvel’s Jessica Jones, which ran on Netflix for three seasons from 2015 to 2019. During that time, she also played Jessica in the team-up event series The Defenders, which dropped on the streamer in August 2017 (and co-starred Cox as Matt Murdock, along with Mike Colter as Luke Cage and Finn Jones as Danny Rand/Iron Fist). After Netflix and Marvel TV ended their creative partnership, though, it was unclear whether Ritter would ever return as Jessica in Marvel projects elsewhere.

Daredevil: Born Again Season 1 ended with first-term NYC mayor Wilson Fisk announcing to the city his Safer Streets plan, which involves an 8 pm curfew, zero tolerance for vigilantes, and the declaration of martial law. Just prior, Matt Murdock declared to Karen Page his resolve to get back their city — though to do so, “We need an army.”

At episode’s end, Matt as Daredevil presented himself to the first soldiers in said army, at Josie’s — the bar’s owner, law firm P.I. Cherry, and some good cops included. None of the Defenders were on hand, though, much as fans expected to see at least Jessica or Luke Cage