Key facts
- Lioness Season 3 premiere date: Sunday 2 August 2026
- Where to watch: Paramount+ UK & Ireland
- Created by: Taylor Sheridan
- Genre: Spy thriller
- Starring: Zoe Saldaña, Nicole Kidman, Morgan Freeman, Michael Kelly
- New images: First-look photos released
- Episodes: Episode count has not yet been announced
- Previous seasons: Seasons 1 and 2 are available to stream on Paramount+ UK & Ireland
The Lioness team is back in business: The third season of hit espionage thriller Lioness drops Sunday 2 August, on Paramount+ UK & Ireland.
Lioness stars Oscar® winner Zoe Saldaña, Oscar® winner Morgan Freeman, Emmy® nominee Michael Kelly, and Oscar® winner Nicole Kidman. Saldaña and Kidman are executive producers, along with Oscar® nominee Taylor Sheridan, who created the original drama.
Read on for everything you need to know about Lioness Season 3, and get more info on the premiere date and cast, plus watch the official trailer, and find out how to stream.
SPOILER ALERT: Plot points from Lioness‘ first two seasons will be discussed. If you prefer to do the job yourself, binge-watch Lioness Season 1 and Lioness Season 2, all episodes now streaming on Paramount+ UK & Ireland.
What is the Season 3 premiere date?
Lioness Season 3 launches Sunday 2 August, on Paramount+ UK & Ireland. New episodes will stream with a Paramount+ UK & Ireland subscription to any plan: Basic with Ads, Standard, or Premium.
Your Paramount+ UK & Ireland subscription also gets you on-demand access to all episodes from Lioness‘ first two seasons.
Is there a Season 3 trailer?
Yes, the official trailer for Lioness Season 3 has been released, and the team is facing their most dangerous mission yet. With enemies and betrayals around every corner, chaos ensues. “We’ll let the chips fall where they may,” Edwin Mullins (Morgan Freeman) says in it. “May God have mercy on us.” Watch the explosive Lioness Season 3 trailer here.
What is Season 3 about?
In Lioness Season 3, hidden networks, foreign operatives, and personal betrayals collide. Joe (Zoe Saldaña) walks the line between duty and home as unseen forces circle her world. Guided by Kaitlyn (Nicole Kidman) and Westfield (Michael Kelly), Joe confronts enemies operating in the shadows, leaving her to reckon with a war that now reaches into every part of her life.
Who is in the Season 3 cast?
The Lioness Season 3 cast is led by Zoe Saldaña and Nicole Kidman, returning to their iconic roles as Joe and Kaitlyn, respectively.
Joe McNamara is a CIA station chief who runs Lioness, a programme that recruits, trains, and leads women into dicey undercover operations.
Kaitlyn Meade is a strategic-minded CIA supervisor who oversees Lioness – and, in turn, Joe’s missions.
Morgan Freeman and Michael Kelly also return.
Here’s a full look at the Season 3 starring cast:
- Zoe Saldaña as Joe
- Nicole Kidman as Kaitlyn
- Morgan Freeman as Edwin
- Michael Kelly as Westfield
- Laysla De Oliveira as Cruz
- Dave Annable as Neal
- Jill Wagner as Bobby
- LaMonica Garrett as Tucker
- James Jordan as Two Cups
- Genesis Rodriguez as Josephina
- Austin Hébert as Randy
- Jonah Wharton as Tex
- Thad Luckinbill as Kyle
- Hannah Love as Kate
- Ian Bohen as Grady
Four fast facts about the cast:
- Jill Wagner doubles as a Lioness executive producer.
- James Jordan co-stars in another Paramount+ original favourite from Taylor Sheridan, Landman.
- Sheridan himself appears as Cody in three episodes of Lioness Season 2, including the season opener, “Beware the Old Soldier.”
- Kidman earned a 2024 Critics Choice Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her Lioness role.
Where can I stream Lioness Season 3?
You can stream Lioness Season 3 exclusively on Paramount+ UK & Ireland when it launches. But remember, all episodes from Lioness Season 1 and Lioness Season 2 are now streaming exclusively on Paramount+ UK & Ireland.
How many episodes are in Lioness Season 3?
There’s no news (yet!) about how many episodes will be in Lioness Season 3.
Lioness Season 1 has eight episodes, as does Lioness Season 2.
Where was Season 3 filmed?
Lioness Season 3 production kicked off last October in Texas.
What happens in Season 1 and Season 2?
So much happens in Lioness Season 1 and Season 2! That’s the short, spoiler-free answer, at least. If you want a more thorough briefing, then find out more below … Warning: Spoilers ahead.
In Lioness Season 1, Joe recruits Cruz to embed herself in the wealthy family with connections to terror groups in order to take out the groups’ main financial backer, Asmar Ali Amrohi (Bassem Youssef). Along the way, Cruz develops a strong bond with Asmar’s daughter Aaliyah. In the end, the mission is accomplished, but Cruz isn’t sure it was just, and she takes leave of Joe and the team.
In Lioness Season 2, when a member of Congress (Czarina Mireles) is kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel backed by China, Joe and her team are called back to action. Joe’s niece Josephina, aka Josie, a captain in the U.S. Army, is recruited to be the new Lioness. Josie gets help and guidance from an unlikely source: Cruz, who returns to help the mission. Operation Sky Hawk ends in a blaze of bullets on the battlefield (and a slew of injuries), but once again, the mission is accomplished.
Through it all, Joe struggles to balance her job with her home life with husband Neal and her two children.
Are there any first-look images?
Yes. Lioness Season 3 first-look images are out! And you can give them a look now.
Fom left: Morgan Freeman as Edwin Mullins, Michael Kelly as Byron Westfield, Nicole Kidman as Kaitlyn, Zoe Saldaña as Joe, in Lioness Season 3.
From left: Zoe Saldaña as Joe, Nicole Kidman as Kaitlyn in Lioness Season 3.
Morgan Freeman as Edwin Mullins in Lioness Season 3.
From left: Laysla De Oliveira as Cruz, Genesis Rodriguez as Josie in Lioness Season 3.
From left: Laysla De Oliveira as Cruz, Austin Hébert as Randy, Jill Wagner as Bobby, James Jordan as Two Cups, Jonah Wharton as Tex, LaMonica Garrett as Tucker, Thad Luckinbill as Kyle in Lioness Season 3.
From left: Zoe Saldaña as Joe and Dave Annable as Neal in Lioness Season 3.
Nicole Kidman as Kaitlyn in Lioness Season 3.
Lioness
Watch Now
