Justin Hartley’s wife, Sofia Pernas, will make multiple appearances in season 2 of CBS’ hit series Tracker.
“She’s definitely coming back. We have some pretty exciting stuff for her to do next year,” Hartley, 47, told Deadline on Sunday, May 19. “She’ll be back multiple times next year.”
The actor — and executive producer — isn’t stopping with Pernas, 34, who plays Colter’s rival Billie. Hartley has confirmed plans to bring back several memorable guest stars, including Melissa Roxburgh as her on-screen sister and Jensen Ackles as her on-screen brother.
“We plan on bringing my whole family back. We have a lot of questions to answer with Colter’s mom,” he said of the character’s storyline in season 2. “Jennifer Morrison did a really great job [as Colter’s childhood friend Lizzy]. I think we’d be remiss if we didn’t bring her back.”
The Most Iconic Guest Stars to Appear on Justin Hartley’s ‘Tracker’ Series Hartley continued, “We’ve built a really great group of actors [who] hopefully will be willing to come back, because we’d love to do more with them. We have a lot of stories to tell with all of [them].”
After the season 1 finale aired on Sunday, Hartley reflected on the highlights of the CBS procedural so far. He was particularly open about working with Pernas, with whom he’s shared the screen multiple times.
“We had a great time together. I just thought it would be a really cool idea. It was my idea from the beginning to have this character come in that you just mentioned,” he explained to Deadline about preparing for Pernas’ debut as Billie. “I think in the second episode, there’s a big prize for a car. There’s a line where one of the women says, ‘Word on the street is Billie’s hanging around the case.’ And then Coulter rolls her eyes. If you’re really paying attention, you’re like, ‘Oh, he’s got a rival, this Billie guy.'” Justin Hartley and Sofia Pernas have hinted at her return to ‘Tracker’ Hartley wanted to lay the groundwork for Pernas’ character – who left quite an impression on Colter. “My idea was to tease that and intentionally name the character Billie, and then reveal that Billie, of course, is Sofia. We didn’t tease that as much as I wanted to, just because we were so busy. But that was the intention,” he continued. “Then when she showed up, to be honest with you, I’m not sure how much of the character aspect that she brought was actually written.”
Hartley praised Pernas for her dedication to the role, adding, “You’re just watching a talented actor. There were a few things we got to discuss privately that, normally, you don’t have time to do. But when you live with that person, you can talk about those things over dinner, every time Justin Hartley and wife Sofia Pernas shared the screen. Tracker wasn’t the first time Hartley and Pernas worked together, and The Restless in 2015. It wasn’t until they reconnected years later that they started dating and then got married in 2021. Since then, the couple has shared the screen on Quantum Leap and now Tracker. “It’s great. It’s good for the environment too. You can carpool and everything, it’s awesome,” Hartley told E! News in February 2023 about plans to star with Pernas in future projects. “We’ll definitely do it. Absolutely.” Tracker has been renewed for season 2 on CBS. All episodes are available to stream on Paramount+.
