According to National Nurses United, Filipino nurses represent roughly 4% of the U.S. nursing workforce but accounted for more than 30% of registered nurse deaths reported during the early waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Nurse the Dead” is the first scripted U.S. series to place Filipino healthcare workers at its center.

Shot inside a working Los Angeles hospital --  on wards that received some of the city’s first COVID-19 patients -- the series stars Jelynn Malone (“General Hospital”, “Las Vegas”) as Noa Reyes, alongside Anthony Jennings, one of the Philippines’ fastest-rising leading men following the worldwide success of “Hello, Love, Again”, the highest-grossing Filipino film of all time. Jennings plays Grim, a centuries-old reaper unexpectedly discovering his humanity.

The ensemble also includes Gigette Reyes (“Freakier Friday”) as Tess “Mami Tess” Reyes, Noa’s mother and the emotional center of the series, alongside Johari Johnson (“9-1-1: Lone Star”, “Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living”), Princess Punzalan (“Mula sa Puso”), Ruby Rodriguez (“Eat Bulaga!”, “Hello, Love, Again”), Pablo Azar (“Marido en Alquiler”), and Tootsie Guevara.