Oh My Dancing Baby! Calista Flockhart Is Playing Cat Grant on CBS’s Supergirl

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Yes, it’s true. The Hollywood Reporter says the Brothers & Sisters and Ally McBeal star has landed a major role in the Supergirl television show headed our way: none other than Cat Grant.

Grant was created by Marv Wolfman and Jerry Ordway for DC Comics back in the ’80s, and while she’s served as a love interest for Clark Kent now and again, she’s also an entertainment/gossip reporter for the Daily Planet. She also spent time as a television reporter, station manager, and even the White House Press Secretary but has had a rocky relationship with Superman’s cousin.

So which direction will Supergirl take her? THR says:

In CBS’ incarnation, Cat is the self-made media magnate and founder of CatCo. Cat started her career as a reporter and has built her company into a global powerhouse. Kara (Glee and Whiplash alum [Melissa] Benoist) works as Cat Grant’s assistant.

CatCo. is also the company our new Jimmy Olsen, True Blood’s Mehcad Brooks, works as a photographer for.

Previously, the comic character was featured in live action on Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and The CW’s Smallville but split into two different people—Catherine Grant (a television host) and Cat Grant (a Daily Planet reporter).

Supergirl also recently picked up another musically inclined star, Laura Benanti, who will play Kara’s biological mother Alura Zor-El. Are you excited about Flockhart’s casting?

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