Black Mirror Season 6 Cast: Who Aaron Paul, Annie Murphy, and More Are Playing

Salma Hayek Pinault is Herself and TV Joan

Salma Hayek Pinault plays a “fictionalized version of herself” who is then playing an “exaggerated version” of Joan in the episode “Joan is Awful.” Hayek Pinault told Netflix’s Tudum that “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play an interpretation of myself. I got to explore the concepts and clichés people have about me and be self-deprecating. It’s as if I created an alter ego where I could do the most disgusting, grotesque things that you would never do in real life, and have permission to do that.” Salma Hayek Pinault has had a long a varied career, appearing in movies like Frida, Magic Mike’s Last Dance, Eternals, and The Faculty, just to name a few.

Michael Cera is Beppe

Michael Cera is also playing a fictionalized version of himself in “Joan is Awful,” or more accurately he’s playing a digital recreation of Michael Cera’s image called Beppe. The actor is most known for his roles in Superbad, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and Arrested Development. Cera can also be seen in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie.

Avi Nash is Krish

Avi Nash plays Krish, Joan’s real-life fiancé in the episode “Joan is Awful.” You may recognize Nash from his appearances as Siddiq in The Walking Dead and the Apple TV+ series Silo.

Himesh Patel is TV Krish

The in-world TV version of Krish in “Joan is Awful” is played by Himesh Patel. Patel has recently appeared in Station Eleven, Yesterday, Tenet, Don’t Look Up, and Enola Holmes 2.

Rob Delaney is Mac

Rob Delaney plays Mac in “Joan is Awful,” who is an ex-boyfriend of Joan’s. According to Delaney, his character is “trying to weasel his way back into her life. Mac is the catalyst for what goes wrong in Joan’s life. Then we eventually discover what he is really like deep down, and it’s not great.” Aside from Black Mirror, Delaney has appeared in Catastrophe, Deadpool 2, Hobbs & Shaw, and The School for Good and Evil.

Ben Barnes is TV Mac

The TV show version of Mac in “Joan is Awful” is played by Ben Barnes, whom you likely recognize from Shadow and Bone, The Punisher, Westworld, the Narnia film series, and Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities.