Calista Flockhart, who is known for her role in the hit television show Ally McBeal, is set to star in the pilot episode for Supergirl.
Deadline reported the actress will join former Glee star Melissa Benoist for the CBS series playing the role of Cat Grant, the boss to Benoist’s character Kara. An executive producer on the show, Greg Berlanti, worked with Flockhart for Brothers & Sisters.
The series will focus on a young woman named Kara Zor-El, who is a cousin to Superman and spent much of her life hiding the powers she was born with. When she turns 24, she ends up embracing her abilities as a superhero. Grant is her boss and founded a company called CatCo after beginning her career working as a reporter.
Flockhart, who is married to actor Harrison Ford, has not been on television much since Brothers & Sisters ended in 2011.
People reported that Kara was introduced to comic book fans back in 1959 and Grant made her appearance in the Adventures of Superman comics in 1987.
Flockhart will also star in the Audience Network drama Full Circle.
Another actor who will appear in the pilot is True Blood star Mehcad Brooks, who will play a CatCo photographer named James Olsen, USA Today reported.
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