Angela Bassett is set to join the cast of “E.R.” — Â the Emmy-winning medical drama as a regular for its final season.
According to Hollywood Reporter, in her first full-time series gig, Bassett will play a tough attendant with a troubled past who’s coming back to Chicago after a few years in Indonesia doing tsunami relief. Her arrival in the second episode next season promises to shake County General’s ER to the core.
“Angela is a wonderfully talented actress whom I’ve long hoped to work with,” said “ER” exec producer John Wells.
Another exciting note: Original cast member Noah Wyle will join “ER” for its 15th and final season. Wyle will guest star in at least four of the show’s planned 19 episodes.
Bassett, who starred in Tyler Perry’s “Meet the Browns,” recently wrapped the B.I.G. biopic “Notorious.”
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