Who Is Victoria Pedretti? Leading Lady of Season 2 'You' Revealed

Netflix's You captivated audiences when it first aired on December 26. Following New York-based bookstore owner Joe (Penn Badgley) and his obsessive love in Beck (Elizabeth Lail), fans were already looking for a season 2 after that cliff-hanging ending.

Spoilers for season 1 You ahead:

Well, our wish is You's showrunner, Sera Gamble's command. Season two is already in the works, according to the show's Instagram page, and casting has already begun to be announced.

Netflix's U.K. and Ireland Twitter page announced Thursday that Victoria Pedretti was cast as the leading lady of season 2. The 23-year-old will play an aspiring chef named Love Quinn.

Victoria Pedretti "Love Quinn"
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Pedretti is best known for her work on 2018 TV series, The Haunting of Hill House, where she played the role of Eleanor "Nell" Crain.

"It is very f*cking cool that Victoria is playing this role," Gamble told Entertainment Weekly. "I binged Hill House, and she was incredible. And then a couple of days later, [executive producer] Greg [Berlanti] sent an email asking, 'Have you seen Hill House? Have you seen Victoria Pedretti, wouldn't she make a perfect Love?' Leave it to Greg to put that together."

Following the death of Beck and Candace's surprise return, it looks like Love will have a very different role than Joe's previous loves.

"I will say that Love is a person he could only have met after what happened between him and Beck," said the showrunner. "And by the way, Joe is not out there looking for love. He's truly heartbroken by what has happened, and so what Love offers is a different kind of friendship and a different kind of relationship."

Season 2 will leave the charming streets of New York and enter new territory in Los Angeles. The scene change follows that of You's novel sequel, Hidden Bodies, which follows Joe as he tries to adjust to Los Angeles and sets his sights on another woman while dealing with the baggage and bodies he left behind in New York.

It isn't clear when season 2 will premiere; however, according to IMDb, it looks to be sometime this year.

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