Jane Curtin Joins CBS Drama Memorable As New Regular

EXCLUSIVE: Jane Curtin is joining the cast of CBS’ newcomer drama series Memorable like a new regular. The crime procedural stars Poppy Montgomery as former Syracuse, NY police detective Barbara Wells employed through the NYPD’s Queens homicide unit that has rare medical problem that enables her to aesthetically remember everything. Curtin will have Jane Webster, an acerbic and demanding Inspector who had been running the Medical Investigators office in Manhattan until being demoted towards the Queens PD for mouthing off one a lot of occasions. Although she is a great forensic pathologist by having an encyclopedic understanding of NY crime, she will not be pigeonholed as basically a criminal offense fighter, as well as shows a training course in Romantic Poetry at New School. Barbara will quickly arrived at depend on Jane types deductive prowess and historic expertise to assist solve the murder of her very own sister a lot more than 2 decades ago. This can be a rare foray into drama for Saturday Evening Live alumna Curtin, who starred on such comedy series as Kate & Allie, which gained her 2 Emmy Honours, and 3rd Rock In the Sun. Memorable, which lately received a complete-season pickup, may be the second CBS crime drama procedural to include an experienced sitcom actor for any lighter touch, following CSI‘s hire of Ted Danson since it's new leading guy. Curtin is by using ICM. Meanwhile, in another new regular casting, Italian actress Valentina Cervi is joining Cinemax’s True Bloodstream. She'll play Salome, a effective ancient vampire along with a first class seductress. Cervi, that has signed with ICM, arrived the part after a comprehensive worldwide search that incorporated 100s of stars from around the globe competing to experience the exotic character, that is likely to be featured conspicuously next season.