“Happy Face” is an American series inspired by the true story of the daughter of a serial killer. Available from March 21, 2025 on Paramount+.
The life of Melissa Moore changed when she learned that her father was the serial killer known as “Happy Face Killer” or “the Smiley killer”. Sentenced for eight murders, he claims to have killed 185 people … How to continue to live after discovering that we are the child of such a monster? This is the whole story of Happy Face.
Inspired by the real story of the Keith Jesperson serial killer, the mini-series is an adaptation of the podcast and the autobiography of Melissa Moore (Shapered Silence2009). With Annaleigh Ashford in the role of Melissa and Dennis Quaid in that of her socioathe father, this dramatic thriller promises to be particularly intense and disturbing.
What is the intrigue of the series Happy Face ?
In Happy Facewhile Melissa Moore had kept the shameful secret of her family for her, the truth suddenly resurfaces: she is the daughter of the serial killer who is nicknamed “Happy Face”. Indeed, from the prison where he served a perpetuity sentence, he suddenly returns to his life by claiming to want to transmit information concerning a crime he would have committed. While she faces a questioning of her own identity, a race against the clock begins for Melissa: an innocent could be executed in the place of her father.
What actors in the casting of Happy Face ?
- Dennis Quaid: Keith Hunter Jesperson, alias Happy Face
- Annaleigh Ashford: Melissa Moore
- James Wolk: Ben Moore
- David Harewood: Dr. Greg
- Tamera Tomakili: Ivy
- Khiyla Aynne: Hazel
- Benjamin MacKey: Max
To see Happy Face Streaming?
The first two episodes of the mini-series Happy Face are available from March 21, 2025 on Paramount++, then a new episode will be revealed each week. To discover the disturbing story of the “Happy Face Killer” and his daughter looking at the eight episodes of the series, it is enough to be subscribed to the platform of streaming. Know that in France, the price of a subscription to Paramount+ is € 7.99 per month, terminated at any time and with a week of trial.