Netflix ‘Medusa’ Season 2 Cast Returns With Familiar Faces and Fresh Arrivals (With Photos)

The ‘Medusa’ second season cast is taking shape as the Colombian thriller prepares for its return. Netflix has confirmed that the new installment arrives on September 30 and continues the story of Barbara Hidalgo, played by Juana Acosta, as she faces family conflicts, conspiracies and power struggles. The lineup blends the leads who carried the first run with a handful of additions.

The show moved quickly from launch to renewal. Netflix renewed it just two weeks after its global debut. It also reached the top ten in 73 countries during its opening stretch, which made the decision to continue an easy one. Here is a closer look at the main performers and the roles they play.

Juana Acosta

Acosta returns as Barbara Hidalgo, the powerful businesswoman at the center of the story. Netflix describes the character as a CEO targeted by a deadly conspiracy while her ruthless family battles for control of their business empire.

The premise gives Acosta the emotional core of the series. The story begins with a suspicious explosion on Bárbara’s yacht, and she later works to recover her fractured memories and her hold on Medusa while piecing together the family’s struggle for supremacy.

The new season raises the stakes further. The story places its protagonists against a threat that emerges from inside the Hidalgo family itself, while events put both Barbara’s power and her stability to the test. The core cast members who anchored the first season are expected to reprise their roles.

Manolo Cardona

Cardona plays Detective Danger Carmelo, who investigates the disappearance of Medusa Corporation’s new CEO after the yacht explosion. Spanish language coverage from El Espectador lists him in the same role for the second season.

His storyline remains tied directly to Acosta’s. One of the central elements will be the investigation led by Barbara and Danger, who must join forces to uncover who is behind the new attacks and what truly motivates those trying to destabilize the family.

Netflix has framed the partnership as the engine of the series. Its official description says the CEO teams up with a determined detective to learn who tried to kill her, and that her family’s dark secrets surface as the investigation deepens. That balance between a boardroom conflict and a police procedural is what gives the pairing its weight.

Sebastián Martínez

Martínez, known for ‘The Accident’, plays Esteban Arco, who is Bárbara’s husband and the company’s purchasing director. His character connects the private life of the Hidalgo family to the business that everyone is fighting over.

Martínez is among the returning performers, alongside Diego Trujillo and Mabel Moreno, who continue the stories surrounding the business dynasty. Magazine Spain also names him as Esteban in its rundown of the returning leads.

A spouse who also works inside the corporation is well placed to create tension in a story about inheritance and control. Whether Esteban proves an ally or a liability is one of the more interesting open questions heading into the new episodes.

Diego Trujillo

Trujillo returns as the ruthless patriarch of the Hidalgo family. El Espectador identifies his character as Damián Hidalgo.

The Movie Database credits him as Damián as well, and lists him among the main cast alongside Acosta, Cardona and Martínez. A patriarch at the head of a sprawling family gives the series a natural source of pressure, particularly when the central threat is said to come from within.

The lineup also includes some names beyond the returning core. Carlos Torres, Karen Martínez, Edgar Vittorino, Andrea Duro and Juan Pablo Urrego round out the cast of the new installment.

Mabel Moreno

Moreno plays Úrsula, who is the stepmother of Viviana Hidalgo, Bárbara’s half sister. The Movie Database lists her in the same role.

Her place in the family tree makes Úrsula a character worth watching. She sits close to both the heirs and the patriarch, and the story has already shown how quickly loyalties shift inside the Hidalgo household.

El Espectador’s cast rundown also names Sebastián Osorio as Jacobo Hidalgo, Luis Fernando Hoyos as Camilo Hidalgo, Adriana Arango as Jacqueline Hidalgo and Mariana Mozo as Maya, Bárbara’s daughter. With so many relatives competing for control of Medusa, readers may wonder whether Úrsula’s side of the family holds the next threat, and we would like to hear in the comments who you suspect is behind it.