Gina Rodriguez Cast in Will Trent Season 3 at ABC

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Gina Rodriguez has joined the Season 3 cast of the ABC drama “Will Trent” as a series regular.

She will play Marion Alba, who is described as a “charismatic, confident assistant district attorney who is new to Atlanta. After her first encounter with Will (Ramón Rodriguez) falls flat, the pair is surprised to learn that they must work together to investigate a crime in the world of Atlanta gangs.”

Rodriguez is best known for leading “Jane the Virgin,” the CW dramedy that ran for five seasons from 2014 to 2019. She also starred in the sitcom “Not Dead Yet” from 2023 to 2024 on ABC, where she still hosts the game show “Lucky 13.” In film, she has starred in Miranda July’s “Kajillionaire,” Catherine Hardwicke’s “Miss Bala” and Alex Garland’s “Annihilation,” as well as Netflix movies including “Players,” “Spy Kids: Armageddon” and “Someone Great.” She is repped by WME and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.

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“Will Trent” follows a special agent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation who was abandoned at birth and grew up in the Atlanta foster care system who now has the highest clearance rate in the bureau. Alongside Ramón Rodriguez, the cast includes Sonja Sohn as Amanda Wagner, Erika Christensen as Angie Polaski, Iantha Richardson as Faith Mitchell and Jake McLaughlin as Michael Ormewood.

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The series is based on Karin Slaughter’s book series of the same name. Liz Heldens and Daniel Thomsen serve as co-showrunners, and executive produce alongside Slaughter, Oly Obst, Howard Deutch, Ellen Marie Blum and Ramón Rodriguez. 20th Television is the studio.

Deadline was first to report Rodriguez’s casting.

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