Photo by: Barbara Nitke/Netflix
Netflix yesterday released first look photos from their upcoming rom-com, Happiness for Beginners starring Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Office) and Luke Grimes (Yellowstone, American Sniper). Written and directed by Vicky Wight (The Lost Husband, Boy Genius), the film will premiere on July 27 and is based on the 2015 novel of the same name by Katherine Center.

Happiness for Beginners also stars Nico Santos (Superstore, Crazy Rich Asians), Blythe Danner (Madoff, Meet The Parents), Ben Cook (Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, The First Lady), Shayvawn Webster (Law & Order, FBI), Gus Birney (Shining Vale, Dickinson), Esteban Benito (The Binge, It’s A Wonderful Binge), Alexander Koch (Black Bear, Under the Dome), Julia Shiplett (Love Life, Crashing), and Aaron Roman Weiner (The Big Door Prize, The Americans).

(L-R) Shayvawn Webster as Windy, Nico Santos as Hugh, Luke Grimes as Jake, Gus Birney as Kaylee, Julia Shiplett as Sue, Esteban Benito as Mason, Ellie Kemper as Helen, and Ben Cook as Beckett in Happiness for Beginners. Photo by: Barbara Nitke/Netflix

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Helen (Ellie Kemper) has always lived her life as far from the edge as possible. Newly divorced, she joins a quirky group of strangers on a survival course for the “Adventure of a Lifetime” with the hope of learning how to live – and love – again.

(L-R) Blythe Danner as Gigi, Aaron Roman Weiner as Mike, Ellie Kemper as Helen, and Alexander Koch as Duncan in Happiness for Beginners. Photo by: Barbara Nitke/Netflix

“I thought it was such a well-told story of one woman’s experience in getting to know herself better. I was immediately excited about the prospect of playing a woman whose outlook on life, when we first meet her, isn’t so sunny. I’ve played a lot of optimistic rubes, and Helen was neither,” Kemper tells Tudum.com.

(L-R) Esteban Benito as Mason, Ellie Kemper as Helen, Gus Birney as Kaylee, and Julia Shiplett as Sue in Happiness for Beginners. Photo by: Barbara Nitke/Netflix

Happiness for Beginners will stream on Netflix on July 27

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