EXCLUSIVE: Jewel Staite (Family Law, Firefly) has joined the cast of Resident Alien for Season 4, which is currently in production. The series created by Chris Sheridan will now air new episodes via Syfy and USA Network.
Resident Alien‘s fourth season kicks off with Harry (Alan Tudyk) and his baby Bridget (Kesler Talbot) stuck in prison on the Grey Moonbase, while a shape-shifting Alien called a Mantid (also Tudyk) has taken over his body on Earth passing himself off as the real Harry Vanderspeigle. Harry manages to escape the Greys and arrives on Earth for a showdown with the Mantid Alien, but soon finds he may not have what he needs to finish the job.
Asta (Sara Tomko) and D’arcy (Alice Wetterlund) struggle to keep a secret from Ben (Levi Fiehler) and Kate (Meredith Garretson), who are both desperate to find answers to what has been happening to them. Sheriff Mike (Corey Reynolds) and Deputy Liv (Elizabeth Bowen) attempt to solve some mysterious deaths in Patience that Sheriff Mike is beginning to think aren’t caused by anything human.
In a recurring role, Staite will play ‘Jules Gardner,’ an FBI agent assigned to the Colorado Springs field office who also happened to go to high school with Asta, Liv, D’arcy and Ben. Jules arrives in town having been assigned a case involving a series of gruesome murders that have occurred in and around Patience.
From UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group in association with Amblin TV and Dark Horse Entertainment, Resident Alien was adapted to TV by executive producer Chris Sheridan. Mike Richardson and Keith Goldberg of Dark Horse Entertainment, Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank of Amblin TV, Robert Duncan McNeill and Nastaran Dibai also executive produce.
Staite is a Gemini Award-nominated actress who can be seen starring in Family Law, which is currently airing on the CW. For her portrayal of ‘Abigail Bianchi,’ she recently received a Leo Award for Best Lead Performance Female in a Drama Series. Best known for her role in Joss Whedon’s cult classic Fox series Firefly, Staite also co-starred in the feature film adaptation Serenity.
Prior credits include NBC’s Quantum Leap, ABC’s The Good Doctor, The Magicians for Syfy, Legends of Tomorrow for the CW, Netflix’s The Killing, the CW’s LA Complex and Syfy’s Stargate: Atlantis. She is repped by Play Management and Cultured Artists.
