After several years in Hollywood, Jameela Jamil is returning to the BBC. The actress and activist, best known for The Good Place and Marvel’s She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, has been announced as a guest star in The Split Up, a new six-part legal drama.
A spin-off of Abi Morgan’s acclaimed series The Split (which was also about a family of divorce lawyers) , the show shifts the action from London to Manchester’s high-net-worth divorce circuit, where power, money, and emotion collide. At its center is Kishan Law, a powerhouse British South Asian family firm that represents the city’s elite.
The series comes from Ursula Rani Sarma (Smother, Delicious), who brings a fresh lens to the legal drama, weaving in themes of legacy, identity, and ambition. Filming hit a brief pause last year for editorial reasons before resuming earlier this year.
The ensemble is a who’s who of British talent: Sanjeev Bhaskar (Unforgotten), Aysha Kala (Virdee), Arian Nik (Film Club), Danny Ashok (Dinosaur), Dimitri Leonidas (Those About to Die), Mawaan Rizwan (Juice), Sindhu Vee (Matilda the Musical), Shalini Peiris (The White Lotus), and Tom Forbes(Queenie), with guest appearances from Lenny Henry and Jane Horrocks.
For Jamil, who began her career on Channel 4’s T4 before finding global success in the U.S., the series marks a homecoming. It’s a return to the BBC and to the kind of grounded, character-driven storytelling that defined her early career.
The Split Up is a glossy legal drama with a diverse cast for a new generation.
