--- description: Naomi Watts is now a member of the Divergent cast, joining Shailene Woodley and Theo James in the remaining films of the YA franchise. title: Naomi Watts Joins 'Divergent' Cast image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55b8694d0fd16ec1/698696303bc999eff31a3ebf/naomi-watts-divergent.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Naomi Watts Joins Cast of _Divergent_ Sequels by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 4, 2014 6:31 PM CUT  Actress Naomi Watts poses at the screening of How To Train Your Dragon 2 at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, May 16, 2014. Actress Naomi Watts poses at the screening of How To Train Your Dragon 2 at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, May 16, 2014.Joel Ryan—Invision/AP by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 4, 2014 6:31 PM CUT Naomi Watts is now a member of the _Divergent_ cast, joining Shailene Woodley and Theo James in the remaining films of the young adult franchise. Watts, who will play the mother of James’ character “Four,” will appear in _Insurgent_ and the final installment, _Allegiant_, which will be released in two parts. Watts will play the leader of the Factionless, “Evelyn,” in the upcoming movies. [_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/naomi-watts-joins-insurgent-two-709252 "undefined") says _Insurgent_, which also stars Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer and Kate Winslet, has already kicked-off production in Atlanta. The _Divergent_ films, adapted from Veronica Roth’s young adult series of the same title, just can’t stop bringing on well-known actors — not unlike _The Hunger Games_ before it. The final installments of the _Hunger Games_ franchise, which stars Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence, will include some footage of late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was featured prominently in the second _Hunger Games_ film. \[[_THR_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/naomi-watts-joins-insurgent-two-709252 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2822876/divergent-sequels-cast-naomi-watts/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2822876/divergent-sequels-cast-naomi-watts/"},"headline":"Naomi Watts Joins Cast of Divergent Sequels","datePublished":"2014-06-04T18:31:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:13:03.691Z","description":"Naomi Watts will star as Evelyn, the leader of the Factionless, in the upcoming installments of the film franchise","url":"https://time.com/2822876/divergent-sequels-cast-naomi-watts/","keywords":["movies","celebrities","Hunger Games","Divergent","films"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55b8694d0fd16ec1/698696303bc999eff31a3ebf/naomi-watts-divergent.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55b8694d0fd16ec1/698696303bc999eff31a3ebf/naomi-watts-divergent.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Naomi Watts","caption":"Naomi Watts","creditText":"Joel Ryan—Invision/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2822876/divergent-sequels-cast-naomi-watts/","name":"Naomi Watts Joins Cast of Divergent Sequels"}}]}] ```