Lisa Edelstein will guest-star on ABC dramedy 'Castle'
鈥淗ouse鈥� actress Lisa Edelstein is heading to the ABC dramedy 鈥淐astle鈥� for a multi-episode arc.
Edelstein鈥檚 character for the show鈥檚 sixth season will be Rachel McCord, a federal investigator who may play a part in decisions main character Kate Beckett (Stana Katic) will be making about her life. Beckett was deciding whether or not to move to Washington D.C. and mulling what to do about the marriage proposal from writer Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion).
Edelstein will first appear in the sixth season premiere. It was also recently announced that the actress will voice a character on the Nickelodeon animated series 鈥淭he Legend of Korra.鈥�
Since Edelstein left the Fox drama 鈥淗ouse鈥� in 2011, she has guest-starred on various shows including the CBS legal drama 鈥淭he Good Wife,鈥� CBS鈥檚 take on the Sherlock Holmes stories titled 鈥淓lementary,鈥� and the ABC soap 鈥淪candal.鈥� She had previously guest-starred on the 1996 TV animated adaptation of 鈥淪uperman鈥� and on the NBC drama 鈥�The West Wing鈥� as well as appearing in the 2000 romantic comedy 鈥�What Women Want,鈥� starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt. On 鈥淗ouse,鈥� Edelstein portrayed Dr. Lisa Cuddy, the administrator of the hospital at which protagonist Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) works as well as the Dean of Medicine.
鈥淐astle鈥� premiered on ABC in 2009 and stars Fillion as a mystery writer who, after being questioned by New York police after a murderer commits a crime that is similar to one of his books, begins to work with detective Beckett (Katic) to solve mysteries. He uses her as the inspiration for a protagonist for a new series of mystery novels.
The show has been nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards, all for technical categories, such as Outstanding Music Composition.
