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'Inside' Star Gets New 'Alias'
(Thursday, July 28 11:02 AM)
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) Rachel Nichols is moving from investigating serial killers for the FBI to performing covert operations for the CIA.
Nichols, who currently stars in the FOX series "The Inside," is joining ABC's "Alias" for the coming season. She'll play a character named Rachel Gibson, a technical analyst who works for a black-ops division of the CIA.
Her casting should help take some of the workload off series star Jennifer Garner, who's pregnant. Garner's pregnancy -- she's expecting her first child with new husband Ben Affleck -- will likely be written into the show, but it also will likely mean a reduction in stunt work and tight costumes for her.
ABC Entertainment chief Stephen McPherson told TV critics earlier this week that Garner's Sydney Bristow would be mentoring a new, younger agent this season that would offer "sex appeal, if you will, in different places." Nichols seems to fit that bill.
Nichols plays FBI Agent Rebecca Locke on "The Inside," which likely won't be back after scoring only meager ratings this summer. She's also appeared in the remake of "The Amityville Horror" (with former "Alias" regular Melissa George) and "Dumb and Dumberer" and guest-starred on "Line of Fire."</span>
(Thursday, July 28 11:02 AM)
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) Rachel Nichols is moving from investigating serial killers for the FBI to performing covert operations for the CIA.
Nichols, who currently stars in the FOX series "The Inside," is joining ABC's "Alias" for the coming season. She'll play a character named Rachel Gibson, a technical analyst who works for a black-ops division of the CIA.
Her casting should help take some of the workload off series star Jennifer Garner, who's pregnant. Garner's pregnancy -- she's expecting her first child with new husband Ben Affleck -- will likely be written into the show, but it also will likely mean a reduction in stunt work and tight costumes for her.
ABC Entertainment chief Stephen McPherson told TV critics earlier this week that Garner's Sydney Bristow would be mentoring a new, younger agent this season that would offer "sex appeal, if you will, in different places." Nichols seems to fit that bill.
Nichols plays FBI Agent Rebecca Locke on "The Inside," which likely won't be back after scoring only meager ratings this summer. She's also appeared in the remake of "The Amityville Horror" (with former "Alias" regular Melissa George) and "Dumb and Dumberer" and guest-starred on "Line of Fire."</span>