EXCLUSIVE: Scola might have discovered his new associate. Emily Alabi (S.W.A.T., Joe Pickett) has been forged in FBI as a recurring on CBS procedural’s present seventh season, sources near manufacturing inform Deadline.
Alabi will painting a brand new agent and is anticipated to be paired with Stuart Scola (John Boyd), whose longtime associate Tiffany Wallace (Katherine Renee Kane) left in early October. Though Alabi joins in a recurring function, we perceive there’s potential for her to turn out to be a collection common in Season 8.
Lisette Olivera was initially forged to succeed Kane within the new Season 7 collection common function of Syd Ortiz, a skilled Behavioral Evaluation Unit Agent who joined the FBI’s New York area workplace prison division and associate to Scola. Olivera departed the present after a handful of episodes. As we reported on the time, this was not a mirrored image of her work however a artistic choice stemming from the character taking part in too younger.
FBI is produced by Wolf Leisure and Common Tv, a division of Common Studio Group, in affiliation with CBS Studios. Government producers embrace Dick Wolf, Mike Weiss, Alex Chapple, Amanda Slater and Peter Jankowski.
Alabi is finest recognized for her recurring roles on TV exhibits akin to S.W.A.T., Joe Pickett and Magnum P.I. She began her profession as an expert dancer and choreographer on standard TV exhibits and films together with Chef directed by Jon Favreau, Netflix’s Selena: The Collection and the Oscars. Alabi is represented by Ro Diamond at SDB Companions & supervisor Michelle Zeitlin, Extra Zap Productions and Administration.
