FOX's BLOOD RELATIVE
- Dawnn Lewis and Jude Elizabeth Mayer have been cast on the drama pilot starring Melissa Leo and Tate Donovan. Lewis starred for five seasons in NBC's A Different World and in the fourth season of Veronica Mars on Hulu. She is currently part of the voice cast of CBS All Access' Star Trek: Lower Decks, which has been renewed for a second season. Mayer is a relative newcomer.
- Lewis will play Lieutenant Hannah Dixon, John (Donovan) and Brick's (Tyrone Marshall Brown) boss. The first woman to hold the position in this parish, she is firm but fair and has zero interest in her squad playing guinea pig or testing the 4th Amendment so that Lou (Leo) can dig through victims' DNA. Tracie Thoms was originally cast in the role but has exited due to production scheduling shifts.
- Mayer will play Ashley Kelly, John and Rebecca Kelly's 16-year-old daughter. Social, wicked funny, an A student on the fencing team, she appears to be yet another Gen Z eye-rolling, selfie-taking, screen obsessive. But don't let the packaging fool you. Ashley is off-the-charts smart, not unlike her Aunt Lou. She "speaks" social media. She can deep dive into Snapchat and Facebook to find anyone the way that Lou can trace back a family tree. Once Lou learns what's going on inside Ashley's mind, she recruits Ashley to help in the search for the John Doe in the pilot. This is just the beginning of a beautiful working relationship. Sarah Catherine Hook was originally cast in the role but has exited due to production scheduling shifts.
