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Happy Face

March 16, 2025

HAPPY FACE is a 2025 true crime drama series, adapted from the 2018 podcast Happy Face by Melissa Moore, and her 2009 autobiography Shattered Silence, co-written with M. Bridget Cook.

Inspired by a true-life story, Happy Face follows Melissa Reed (Annaleigh Ashford), daughter of Keith Jesperson, also known as "the Happy Face Killer" (Dennis Quaid). After decades of no contact, Keith forces his way back into his daughter’s life, and Melissa must find out if an innocent man is going to be put to death for a crime her father committed. In the process, she faces a reckoning of her own identity.  

The cast includes Annaleigh Ashford, Dennis Quaid, James Wolk, Carolyn Adair, Khiyla Aynne, Benjamin Mackey, ConnorPaton, and David Harewood.

HAPPY FACE is set to debut with a two-episode premiere March 20th, only on Paramount Plus. Watch the official trailers below.

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