EXCLUSIVE: Another actor with ties to the Dick Wolf universe has joined the CBS’ upcoming drama CIA. Natalee Linez, who did an arc on Chicago P.D. is set as a series regular opposite Tom Ellis, Chicago Med alum Nick Gehlfuss and Michael Michele on the FBI offshoot.
CIA centers on two unlikely partners – a fast-talking, rule-breaking loose cannon CIA case officer (Ellis), and a by-the-book, seasoned and smart FBI agent (Gehlfuss) who believes in the rule of law. When this odd couple are assigned to work out of CIA’s New York Station, they must learn to work together to investigate cases and criminals posing threats on U.S. soil, finding that their differences may actually be their strength.
Linez is playing Gina Rojas, a trusted CIA analyst on the team; Michele plays the head of CIA’s New York Station.
CIA is scheduled to debut in midseason 2026. Originally planned for a fall 2025 premiere, the series in July was pushed to midseason while also undergoing a showrunner change. Warren Leight was tapped to replace FBI: Most Wanted showrunner David Hudgins, who originally was set to lead the series and co-write the pilot script with FBI, Law & Order & Chicago franchise boss Dick Wolf.
Wolf and Leight executive produce CIA alongside Nicole Perlman, David Chasteen, and Peter Jankowski. Eriq La Salle also executive produces the series and will direct the pilot episode. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, produces in association with Wolf Entertainment and CBS Studios.
Linez, whose credits also include Tell Me Lies alongside Ellis, and Power Book III: Raising Kanan, is repped by Defining Artists, Luber Roklin and Goodman Genow Schenkman Smelkinson & Christopher, LLP.
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