Calista Flockhart is coming back to TV.
Variety is reporting that Flockhart has been signed as a series regular in CBS’ upcoming Supergirl TV series, where she will portray Cat Grant. As created by Marv Wolfman and Jerry Ordway in 1987, Cat Grant was a reporter at The Daily Planet who initially had romantic feelings for Clark Kent aka Superman. However, Cat Grant was later used as a more adversarial figure in the Supergirl comic book series.
For the newest Supergirl adaptation, Cat Grant is being reimagined as “a self-made media magnate and founder of CatCo” who began “her career as a reporter and has built her company into a global powerhouse.” The title character of Supergirl, Kara Zor-El (Melissa Benoist) aka Kara Danvers works for Cat as her personal assistant.
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Flockhart is best known for her iconic role as Ally McBeal in the ‘90s, and for her more recent TV series, Brothers & Sisters with Supergirl executive producer Greg Berlanti.
Mehcad Brooks is also starring in Supergirl as Jimmy Olsen, while Laura Benanti will play Kara’s Kryptonian mother, Alura Zor-El.
Supergirl has already been ordered to series by CBS and it will likely debut this fall.
