Niecy Nash is starring in a new ABC TV drama series called The Rookie: Feds, coming this fall!
The Rookie: Feds synopsis: From the executive producers of flagship series The Rookie comes The Rookie: Feds starring Niecy Nash-Betts as Simone Clark, the oldest rookie in the FBI Academy. The spinoff was introduced as a two-part event during the current fourth season of The Rookie, where Officer John Nolan played by Nathan Fillion, and the LA division of the FBI enlist the help of Simone Clark when one of her former students is a suspect in a terror attack.
Alexi Hawley and Terence Paul Winter are co-creators and executive producers. Mark Gordon, Niecy Nash-Betts, Nathan Fillion, Michelle Chapman, Bill Norcross and Corey Miller are executive producers. Entertainment One (eOne) is the lead studio and international distributor of The Rookie: Feds, a co-production with ABC Signature.
The Rookie: Feds will begin airing on ABC on September 27, 2022, watch the trailer below!
https://youtu.be/hknBPRRwx24
Meet The Cast:
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Nicey Nash as Simone Clark:
Carol Denise Betts was born on February 23, 1970 and is known professionally as Niecy Nash. She is an American actress, comedian and television host, best known for her performances on television.
Clark was born and raised in Los Angeles, but was a guidance counselor at a high school in Washington, DC for 20 years:
“Claybourne High School in D.C. I was a guidance counselor there for 20 years. Taught Driver’s Ed for eight of ’em, till they realized I was using the time to teach myself and my students advanced driving techniques. I also coached the wrestling team ’cause I wanted to perfect my hand-to-hand fighting style so I could pursue my dream of becoming an FBI Agent.” (The Rookie, season 4, episode 19, “Simone”)
Clark was planning to join the FBI when she was younger, but then found herself pregnant with twins. Now that the twins are in college, she is pursuing her dream of becoming an FBI agent, in spite of the fact that at 48 she is the oldest “rookie” at the FBI Academy.
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Frankie Faison
Frankie Russel Faison was born June 10, 1949 and is an American actor known for his role as Deputy Commissioner, and, later, Commissioner, Ervin Burrell in the HBO series The Wire, as Barney Matthews in the Hannibal Lecter franchise, and as Sugar Bates in the Cinemax series Banshee.
Frankie Faison plays Simone’s father, Christopher “Cutty” Clark.
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Felix Solis as Supervisory Special Agent Matthew Garza
Felix Angel Solis was born September 17, 1971 and is an American actor, film director, and film producer. Born on the Upper West Side and raised in Chelsea/Greenwich Village area of New York City, to parents that were both born in Puerto Rico, Felix considers himself a Nuyorican.
The cast also includes James Lesure as Carter Hope, Kevin Zegers as Special Agent Brendon Acres and Britt Robertson as Laura Stenson.
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