Lyndsy Fonseca has confirmed that she is joining the cast in the reoccuring role of “Agent Carter” (“Captain America” spinoff) as Angie Martinelli, an aspiring actress who ends up befriending Peggy Carter.
“‘Marvel’s Agent Carter’ opens up an exciting world of new characters for us,” Jeph Loeb, Marvel’s Head of Television told Marvel.com. “Lyndsy brings a warmth and humanity to Angie, who’ll be the friend Peggy needs if she’s to survive the dangers that lie ahead.”
Other cast members include Hayley Atwell, Dominic Cooper, Chad Michael Murray, Ever Gjokaj, James D’Arcy and Shea Whigham. The series written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeeley.
“Agent Carter” is set to air on ABC in 2015.
EXCLUSIVE: Romantic comedy The Escort has found its lead in Lyndsy Fonseca, the Kick-Ass actress who’s coming off a four-season run on The CW’s Nikita. Pic tracks a sex-obsessed journalist who throws himself into the world of high class escorts when he starts following a Stanford-educated prostitute. Will Slocombe (Cold Turkey, Crime Fiction) is directing from a script by Michael Doneger and Brandon A. Cohen, with Doneger, Bruce Campbell, Tommy Dewey, Rumer Willis, Rachel Resheff, and Sonya Walger rounding out the cast. Filming on the Cloverhill Pictures production is underway in LA. Blake Goza is producing and Tyler Konney is executive producer on the project. Taylor & Dodge is repping the film worldwide. Fonseca, who also played Daughter on CBS’s hit sitcom How I Met Your Mother, is repped by ICM Partners and Management 360.
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