Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Casting News - Kiersey Clemons Joins 'Angie Tribeca'; Vanessa Williams to Recur on 'Me, Myself and I'; Plus 4 More Updates!

Casting News - October 25, 2017

ABC's Untitled Grey's Anatomy Spinoff; CBS' Me, Myself and I; FX's The Americans; Hulu's The First; Netflix's Daredevil; and TBS' Angie Tribeca.





CBS' ME, MYSELF AND I
  • Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives) has been cast in a recurring role on the comedy's first season. She will play Kelly Frasier, a business rival who becomes a new love interest for older Alex Riley (John Larroquette).
TBS' ANGIE TRIBECA
  • Kiersey Clemons (Transparent, Justice League) has joined the comedy's upcoming fourth season as a new series regular. She will play Maria Charo, a rebellious genius recruited from a local college who speaks 50 different languages but only at the tourist level. She is also a tech expert, whose only weakness is computers.
FX's THE AMERICANS
  • Scott Cohen (Gilmore Girls, Allegiance) has booked a recurring role on the drama's upcoming sixth and final season. He will play Glenn Haskard, a member of a State Department negotiating team that Elizabeth (Keri Russell) is starting to covertly work against.
NETFLIX's DAREDEVIL
  • Vincent D'Onofrio is set to reprise his role as Wilson Fisk on the drama's upcoming third season. He was a series regular in the first season and a recurring guest star in the second. Moreover, Erik Oleson has been tapped to take over as showrunner for the new season. Oleson replaces Douglas Petrie and Marco Ramirez (who ran the show in Season 2).
HULU's THE FIRST
  • Hannah Ware (Betrayal, Hitman: Agent 47) has landed a series regular role on the upcoming drama starring Sean Penn and Natascha McElhone. Like with all previous casting, no details were immediately released about the character she will be playing.
ABC's UNTITLED GREY'S ANATOMY SPINOFF
  • Dead of Summer alum Alberto Frezza will co-star on the upcoming spinoff of Grey's Anatomy starring Jaina Lee Ortiz and Jason George. He will play Ryan, a police officer.