Firehouse 51 is getting a brand new paramedic.
The NBC juggernaut has forged Vagrant Queen actress Adriyan Rae as Gianna Mackey for its ninth season, in accordance with Deadline.
What’s extra, Rae has been set as a collection common from the leap, so followers could have a whole lot of time to get to know Gianna.
Mackey is described as “a lovable troublemaker with a twinkle in her eye”, whereas additionally being “charming, scrappy, enjoyable, witty and good-natured.”
While greatest identified for her function on Vagrant Queen, by which she performed the lead actress of Elida within the one and performed collection, she has additionally appeared on Fatal Attraction, Atlanta, Star, Brockmire, American Soul, and Light as a Feather.
On the massive display, she has had roles on Burning Sands and Superfly.
Vagrant Queen was canceled after a single season this yr by Syfy amid low scores, however the show did garner a vocal viewers all through its brief time on the air.
Syfy, as a complete, has been altering focus in current months, asserting the conclusions of a number of beloved collection.
Annie Ilonzeh, who performed Emily Foster throughout Chicago Fire Season 8, was beforehand confirmed to be exiting the collection forward of its ninth season.
If you watch Chicago Fire on-line, you already know Foster introduced she can be leaving Firehouse 51 after realizing she wished to pursue her dream of returning to medical faculty.
Chicago Fire has introduced again characters who’ve left earlier than, so there’s an opportunity she may pop again up down the road, probably with a job on spinoff Chicago Med.
It was additionally lately introduced that Daniel Kyri, who has performed firefighter Darren Ritter since Chicago Fire Season 7, has been upped to collection common.
Deadline reported that information solely.
“Ritter has turn out to be an enormous a part of Firehouse 51, and Daniel performs him with a sincerity and depth that at all times makes the room excited to write down for him. Expect to see some huge Ritter motion in Season 9,” showrunner Derek Haas advised the outlet.
Chicago Fire is ready to return Wednesday, November 11.
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