Lisa Vidalhas landed the motherof a role…

The 53-year-old Puerto Rican actress and former Being Mary Jane star has been cast as a series regular in ABC‘s pilot The Baker and the Beauty, a one-hour romantic comedy based on the Israeli series. 

The adaptation hails from The Brave creator Dean Georgaris, David Frankel, Keshet Studiosand Universal Television.

In addition to Vidal, the cast will include Carlos Gomez (Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders), Scandal alum Dan Bucatinsky and newcomer Belissa Escobedo as series regulars. 

Written by Georgaris and to be directed by Frankel, The Baker and the Beauty follows the impossible Miami love story between  a simple baker and an international superstar. Noa Hollander has it all: She’s the most famous woman in the country, the beautiful daughter of a real estate magnate, a successful model with an international career and, up until now, one half of a Hollywood power couple. The son of Cuban immigrants, Daniel Garcia is a simple guy who still lives with his parents and works at the family bakery. A chance encounter at a fancy restaurant — where Daniel may or may not propose to his eager girlfriend of eight years and where Noa is avoiding public speculation about a breakup from her Hollywood lover – leads to unexpected sparks and an even more unlikely love story. Can their love survive her jet-setting lifestyle, her overbearing agent, his unworldly family, both their exes and the media?

Gomez is Santiago Garcia, patriarch of the family, and Vidal portrays Mari Garcia, the matriarch. Bucatinsky is Lewis, Noa’s manager and handler. Escobedo is Natalie, the youngest child in the Garcia family.

Vidal next will be seen opposite Gabrielle Unionin BET’s two-hour Being Mary Jane movie, which will serve as the series finale. She also recurred on Fox’s Rosewood and can be seen in the independent feature Victor. She’s repped by Paul Kohner Agency, Untitled Entertainment and attorney Neil Meyer.

Gomez most recently appeared as Jose Menendezin Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders. He’ll next be seen opposite Jon Hammand Annette Beningin The Report, which Amazon Studioswill release in theaters this year. 

Newcomer Escobedo is a recent alum of the ABC Discoversshowcase.