True Blood season 6

The sixth season of the HBO supernatural drama series True Blood premiered on June 16, 2013. The season had an abbreviated run of ten episodes, as opposed to the usual twelve, partially to accommodate the pregnancy of lead actress Anna Paquin. It is also the first season not to be primarily based on the corresponding novel in The Southern Vampire Mysteries series (in this case Definitely Dead), instead taking elements from multiple books in the series.

Main cast

 * Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse
 * Stephen Moyer as Bill Compton
 * Sam Trammell as Sam Merlotte
 * Ryan Kwanten as Jason Stackhouse
 * Rutina Wesley as Tara Thornton
 * Alexander Skarsgård as Eric Northman
 * Chris Bauer as Andy Bellefleur
 * Kristin Bauer van Straten as Pam Swynford De Beaufort
 * Lauren Bowles as Holly Cleary
 * Anna Camp as Sarah Newlin
 * Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette Reynolds
 * Lucy Griffiths as Nora Gainesborough
 * Rutger Hauer as Niall Brigant
 * Arliss Howard as Governor Truman Burrell
 * Rob Kazinsky as Ben Flynn / Macklyn Warlow
 * Todd Lowe as Terry Bellefleur
 * Joe Manganiello as Alcide Herveaux
 * Michael McMillian as Steve Newlin
 * Kelly Overton as Rikki Naylor
 * Robert Patrick as Jackson Herveaux
 * Carrie Preston as Arlene Fowler Bellefleur
 * Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Nicole Wright
 * Deborah Ann Woll as Jessica Hamby

Special guest cast

 * Dale Dickey as Martha Bozeman
 * Adina Porter as Lettie Mae Daniels
 * Janina Gavankar as Luna Garza

Guest cast

 * Amelia Rose Blaire as Willa Burrell
 * Bailey Noble as 18–Year–Old Faerie #4 / Adilyn Bellefleur
 * Chloe East as 11-Year-Old Faerie Girl #3
 * Karolina Wydra as Violet Mazurski
 * Luke Grimes as James Kent
 * John Fleck as Dr. Overlark
 * Jamie Gray Hyder as Danielle
 * Chloe Noelle as Emma Garza
 * Marque Richardson as Kenneth
 * Pruitt Taylor Vince as Finn
 * Keone Young as Hido Takahashi
 * Jeffrey Nicholas Brown as Corbett Stackhouse
 * Tara Buck as Ginger
 * Jessica Clark as Lilith
 * Matt Cook as Jessie
 * Courtney Ford as Portia Bellefleur
 * Aaron Howles as Rocky Cleary
 * Noah Matthews as Wade Cleary
 * John Rezig as Deputy Kevin Ellis
 * Jenni Blong as Michelle Stackhouse
 * Shaun Brown as Bruce
 * Gregg Daniel as Reverend Daniels
 * Jessy Hodges as Mustard
 * Helen Slayton-Hughes as Caroline Bellefleur
 * Valarie Pettiford as Mary Wright
 * Tamlyn Tomita as Ms. Suzuki
 * Patricia Bethune as Jane Bodehouse
 * Giles Matthey as Claude Crane
 * Hal Ozsan as King Charles II
 * John Prosky as David Finch
 * Dale Raoul as Maxine Fortenberry
 * Haley Brooke Walker as Crystal
 * Jude B. Lanston as Camp Sex Vampire
 * Geovanni Gopradi as Finch's Detail Guy

Production
In February 2012 series creator Alan Ball announced he would step down as day-to-day showrunner of True Blood but would stay on as executive producer. Mark Hudis, who joined the writing staff at the beginning of the fourth season, was chosen as executive producer for season six. However, the producers announced in March 2013 that, after only a single season, Hudis would also depart the series to focus on developing his own HBO series. Brian Buckner filled the position for the rest of the season and will continue in the role for the seventh season. On Monday, July 15, 2013, HBO renewed True Blood for a seventh and final season.