Odette Annable to Star in Freeform’s Holiday Movie “No Sleep ‘Till Christmas”

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Tom Castaneda

Odette Annable may be a little sleep deprived…

Freeform has begun production on the holiday movie No Sleep ‘Till Christmas, starring the 33-year-old Colombian and Cuban American actress and her real-life husband Dave Annable.

The film is slated to air as part of Freeform’s annual holiday programming, “25 Days of Christmas.”

Written by Phil Traill and Steve Smith, the romantic comedy centers on two insomniac strangers plagued by exhaustion. Lizzie is a high-end event planner preparing for her own life’s biggest event — her wedding. She lies awake nightly while her devoted fiancé Josh rests peacefully, unaware of how to solve her issue. When a sleep-deprived incident causes her to run into Billy, a low-key bartender who is just as sleepless and frustrated as she is, they discover that they can only fall asleep while next to each other. What seems like an odd coincidence, and frankly a disruption to their lives, might be more meaningful than they’d like to admit.

The film will shoot in Toronto.

Annable just wrapped a season on the CW’s Supergirl as Reign/Sam. Her other credits include House, Brothers & Sisters and The Astronaut Wives Club.

Annable to Star in ABC’s Summer Drama “Astronaut Wives Club”

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Tom Castaneda

Odette Annable’s next role is out of this world…

The 28-year-old half-Cuban American actress has landed one of the lead roles in ABCs 10-episode summer drama series Astronaut Wives Club.

Based on Lily Koppel’s novel The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story, it tells the real story of the women who stood beside some of the biggest heroes in American history during the height of the space race. The script for The Astronaut Wives Club was written by Stephanie Savage.

Annable will portray Trudy Cooper, the youngest of the wives, a licensed pilot herself. She’s described as a tomboy with great aspirations of her own. Her forward-thinking challenges not just her husband but the other wives.

Annable was an early choice for the role, which marks her second consecutive pilot-season casting at ABC.

Last year, she starred in the drama pilot Westside. Annable has been recurring on Cinemax’s Banshee and CBS’ Two and a Half Men.

Her other credits include Fox’s House, New Girl and Breaking In, FX’s Anger Management and ABC’s Brothers & Sisters and October Road.

Annable Cast Opposite Jennifer Beals in ABC’s “Venice”

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Tom Castaneda

Odette Annable is about to experience forbidden love…

The 27-year-old half-Cuban American actress has landed a role in ABC’s drama pilot Venice, which stars Jennifer Beals.

The Romeo & Juliet-inspired project, which was written by Byron Balasco, is a soap about the haves and the have-nots in California’s most enchanting beach city, Venice.

Directed by McG, Venice focuses on two rival families, the Nances and the Carvers, and a forbidden and dangerous romance that emerges between the two as the families battle for control of Venice.

Annable, who currently appears in a recurring role on CBS’ Golden Boy and guest-starred on Cinemax’s new series Banshee, will portray Sophie Nance, the owner of the hippest boutique in Venice, who falls in love with the offspring of her family’s archenemies, Chris Carver.

Annable, who co-starred on the final season of Fox’s House, has appeared on Brothers & Sisters, October Road and Breaking In.

Annable to Guest Star on Fox’s “New Girl”

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Tom Castaneda

Odette Annable may be bringing the drama to Fox’s New Girl…

The 27-year-old half-Cuban American actress has landed a guest-starring role on Zooey Deschanel’s hit sitcom.

Annable will play a potentially recurring love interest for Nick (Jake Johnson), according to TVLine, which could throw a wrench in the blossoming love between Nick and Jess (Deschanel).

Annable will play Shane, a perky and preppy management school grad who is Nick’s new boss at the bar. Per the casting notice for the role, Shane “unabashedly” starts having a fling with her new subordinate.

Annable’s casting comes less than a week after Nick and Jess shared their first kiss.

Annable, whose credits also include Breaking In and Brothers & Sisters, will soon kick off a multi-episode arc in Cinemax’s new drama Banshee. She’s also set to appear in CBS’ new series Golden Boy later this year, as well begin shooting the film The Truth About Lies.

Annable to Star in “The Truth About Lies”

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Tom Castaneda

Odette Annable is about to find out the truth…

The 27-year-old half-Cuban American actress has landed a role in The Truth About Lies, the story of an emotional but self-centered drifter.

Directed by Phil Allocco, the film centers on Gilby, an aimless guy who’s fired from a dead-end job, dumped by his girlfriend and forced to move in with his mother when his apartment building burns down.

Annable will portray Rachel, a restless twentysomething stunner married to money.

Annable, who has a recurring role on Cinemax’s new series Banshee, has previously appeared on television in House, Brothers & Sisters and Breaking In.

Pascal to Appear on ABC’s “Red Widow”…

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Tom Castaneda

Pedro Pascal has landed a widow role on a highly anticipated midseason drama series…

The Latino actor has signed on for a recurring role on the midseason ABC drama Red Widow, which stars Clifton Collins Jr. as a series regular.

The new series stars Radha Mitchell as a housewife who takes on the mob and the FBI after her mobster husband is killer.

Pascal will play Joe Crumb, a long-haired, tattooed artist who is deeply in love with Kat Lazarev (Jaime Ray Newman), but his joy in marrying her is tempered by his reservations about her Russian mob family.

Pascal’s previous credits include guest-starring roles in NYPD Blue, Nurse Jackie and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, as well as recurring roles on Brothers & Sisters, The Good Wife and Lights Out.

But Pascal and Collins aren’t the only Hispanic actors set to appear on Red Widow…

Fernanda Andrade has also signed on for a recurring role on the midseason ABC drama series. The 28-year-old Brazilian actress, who starred in the surprise hit thriller The Devil Inside, will play Eva Ramos, a former agent who becomes a drug addict.

Annable to Guest Star on “Banshee”

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Tom Castaneda

Odette Annable is putting the “she” in Banshee…

The 27-year-old half-Cuban American actress, who most recently starred on Fox’s House, has landed a multi-episode arc on Cinemax’s Banshee.

The new drama series follows an ex-con (Anthony Starr) who poses as a murdered sheriff in a small Pennsylvania Amish town. There he enforces his own kind of justice while developing plans to serve his own ulterior motive.

Annable will portray a Native American assassin with a dubious past.

Annable’s other television credits include Brothers & Sisters, Breaking In and October Road.

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