Heartland on Netflix: Jessica Chastain’s Country Music Thriller – Cast, Plot and Is It Worth Watching?

Updated 13 Nov 2026, 10:38 · First published 13 Nov 2026

Heartland, Netflix’s new country music thriller starring Jessica Chastain, is out now. Chastain plays a former country star who comes out of seclusion to search Nashville for her missing niece, a rising singer, in a film written and directed by Country Strong’s Shana Feste.

What is Heartland about?

Chastain plays Misty Jones, a former country music star living in seclusion. When her niece Charlie Heart, a rising young musician, goes missing, Misty returns to Nashville to look for her. Her search uncovers a darker, corrupt side of the city’s music industry, and forces her to confront her own past. Netflix describes it as “a musical journey through the dark” in which “no one, herself included, is who they seem”.

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Watch the Heartland trailer

Who is in the cast of Heartland?

Jessica Chastain stars as Misty Jones, with Garrett Hedlund as Roy Combs and real-life country singer-songwriter Carter Faith as Charlie Heart. Ross Lynch plays Jace, Sugarland singer Jennifer Nettles plays Winnie Jo Lean, and John Hawkes plays Clark.

It reunites Garrett Hedlund with Shana Feste, who directed him in the 2010 country music drama Country Strong.

Is Heartland worth watching?

Early reviews have been mixed. Critics have praised Chastain’s performance and the music, but several have found the thriller plot less convincing. If you like country music dramas and slow-burn mysteries, it’s an easy Friday night watch at just under two hours.

Source: Netflix. Photo: Frame Stock Footage / Shutterstock.com.