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Patti LaBelle Cast as Christian Motivational Speaker in Season 3 of ‘Greenleaf’

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Singer Patti LaBelle attends the Zang Toi fashion show during New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Gallery 3, Skylight Clarkson Sq on September 13, 2017 in New York City.
Singer Patti LaBelle attends the Zang Toi fashion show during New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Gallery 3, Skylight Clarkson Sq on September 13, 2017 in New York City.

*Miss Patti is headed to the Oprah Winfrey Network.

Patti LaBelle has been cast in the recurring role of Maxine Patterson in Season 3 of “Greenleaf,” the network announced Tuesday. The series takes viewers into the unscrupulous world of the Greenleaf family and their sprawling Memphis megachurch, where scandalous secrets and lies are as numerous as the faithful.

LaBelle’s Maxine is a famous Christian motivational speaker and the CEO of a global Christian self-help empire. An old friend of Mae’s (Lynn Whitfield) from college days, Maxine will be Lady Mae’s sounding board and greatest ally as Mae attempts to consolidate her power at Calvary.

“Greenleaf” Season 3 is currently in production in Atlanta and returns to OWN this summer.

The drama was one of the top 5 original scripted series on ad-supported cable for African American women and total viewers and a top 10 original scripted series for women 25-54 in 2017.

The series centers on the journey of estranged daughter and disillusioned preacher Grace Greenleaf (Merle Dandridge, “The Night Shift”) who has returned home after 20 years on the occasion of the mysterious death of her sister, Faith. As she reenters the world of Calvary Fellowship World Ministries, the Memphis megachurch run by her powerful parents Bishop James Greenleaf (Keith David, “Community”) and Lady Mae Greenleaf (Lynn Whitfield, “The Josephine Baker Story”), it becomes evident that things are not as virtuous as they seem and that the family’s outward display of faith hides sin and misdeeds.

The series also stars Deborah Joy Winans (“Whitney”), Kim Hawthorne (“Switched at Birth”), Tye White (“The People Vs. O.J. Simpson”), Rick Fox (“Dope”), Desiree Ross (“Falling Skies”) and Lovie Simone.

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