Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Casting News - 'Devious Maids' Star to Visit 'black-ish'; 'Gotham' Adds Morena Baccarin as Recurring; Plus 5 More Updates!

Casting News - October 22, 2014

A&E's Bates Motel; ABC's black-ish; FOX's Gotham, Sleepy Hollow & Weird Loners; Showtime's Shameless; and WE tv's South of Hell.





FOX's SLEEPY HOLLOW
  • Michelle Trachtenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gossip Girl) will guest star on an upcoming episode of the hit drama. She will play Abigail Adams, wife to John Adams who also secretly had an alliance with Katrina's (Katia Winter) coven of witches.
SHOWTIME's SHAMELESS
  • Singer-actress Annie Little will appear in at least two episodes of the dramedy's upcoming fifth season. She will play Elizabeth, Bianca's (guest star Bojana Novakovic) uptight sister.
FOX's GOTHAM
  • Morena Baccarin (Homeland, Firefly) has landed a recurring role on the drama's first season - with an option to become a series regular in season two. She will play Dr. Leslie Thompkins, a gifted and dedicated physician who was a friend to the late Thomas and Martha Wayne. She is determined to use her skills to aid Gotham's most in need, which leads to a stint working at the newly opened Arkham Asylum's Home for the Criminally Insane.
WE TV's SOUTH OF HELL
  • Actress-model Lydia Hearst and Damages vet Zachary Booth will co-star on the upcoming drama starring Mena Suvari. Hearst will play Charlotte, a fiery southern belle with sex appeal but also a quick-witted, savvy junkie who is free with her body. Booth will play David, Maria's (Suvari) brother and a fellow demon hunter.
FOX's WEIRD LONERS
  • White Collar star Willie Garson will appear in an upcoming episode of the midseason comedy. He will play Carl, a friend of Eric's (Nate Torrence) who offers up a trade to Eric for a better position in live-action chess for a date with Caryn (Becki Newton).
ABC's BLACK-ISH
  • Devious Maids star Ana Ortiz will guest star in a December episode of the hit comedy. She will play Angelica Rodriguez, one of Dre's (Anthony Anderson) co-workers who becomes an adversary at their company's office Christmas party.
A&E's BATES MOTEL
  • Kevin Rahm (Mad Men, Desperate Housewives) has booked a recurring role on the drama's upcoming third season. He will play Bob Paris, the wealthy, self-involved and gregarious owner of an elite hunting club who grew up with Romero (Nestor Carbonell).