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Countdown Teaser: Meet Jessica Camacho's Special Agent Amber Oliveras

A new teaser for Derek Haas's Jensen Ackles (The Boys, Supernatural)-starring Countdown introduces Jessica Camacho's Special Agent Oliveras.


Now that we're down to single digits when it comes to the June 25th premiere of Prime Video and Derek Haas's Jensen Ackles (The Boys, Supernatural)-starring  Countdown, viewers are getting another chance to get to know the team. In what appears to be the first in a series of character profile teasers, we're introduced to Jessica Camacho's (Bosch: Legacy, S.W.A.T.) Special Agent Amber Oliveras. Here's a look at her official character description: "14 years on the job. Undercover in multiple operations. She's a badass who won't take crap from anyone. She's intrigued by this new opps team and though she seems to do well enough on her own, it'll be a nice change of pace working with others."

Countdown Teaser: Meet Jessica Camacho's Special Agent Amber Oliveras
Image: Prime Video

Here's a look at the character profile teaser released earlier today, followed by previous insights into the Prime Video series:

Countdown: A Look at Prime Video's Jensen Ackles-Starring Series

When an officer with the Department of Homeland Security is murdered in broad daylight, LAPD detective Mark Meachum (Ackles) is recruited to a secret task force, alongside undercover agents from all branches of law enforcement, to investigate. But the hunt for the killer soon uncovers a plot far more sinister than anyone could have imagined, kicking off a race against time to save a city of millions. Ackles's Mark Meachum is described as a rogue L.A. detective, wrong-side-of-the-tracks kind of guy who takes risks that most people wouldn't take. That could make things difficult when Meachum finds himself part of an elite team that also includes Nathan Blythe (Eric Dane), Amber Oliveras (Jessica Camacho), Keyonte Bell (Elliot Knight), Evan Shepherd (Violett Beane), and Lucas Finau (Uli Latukefu).

Countdown: Prime Video Gives Jensen Ackles Series "The Boys" Treatment
Image: Prime Video

Speaking exclusively this week with EW, Haas noted that the show's drama won't just be about big action scenes, with Meachum involved in some romantic entanglements. "It's not going to be just one," Haas added about the potential romantic dynamics at play. "I love the triangle. It's my favorite shape. And we're going to have a few of those." In addition, Ackles discussed what it was like working with the ensemble cast, how Supernatural fans might find similarities between Meachum and Dean Winchester, and how the series made him feel a bit like Tom Cruise:

Ackles on Working with the "Countdown" Cast: "It's like every ingredient for a perfect dish. Everybody blends well together. Everybody's so giving and happy to do whatever it takes for the team."

Ackles on Fans Finding Similarities Between Mark Meachum & Dean Winchester: "There's probably going to be some familiarity from that fandom with this guy. It's not like I'm going so opposite spectrum with this character. He's going to be a familiar taste, which is good. I like doing that. I mean, I played Dean for 15 years. I loved playing that kind of a character. And I think this guy is in the vein of that, just with a completely different set of circumstances."

Ackles on Getting "Getting My Tom Cruise On" with "Countdown": "I actually just did some ADR the other day for an action sequence. I was watching it and I was like, 'Oh, I'm getting my Tom Cruise on here. This is some full-on action stuff.'"


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Ray FlookAbout Ray Flook

Serving as Television Editor since 2018, Ray began five years earlier as a contributing writer/photographer before being brought onto the core BC team in 2017.
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