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Britisher Cast As Female Lead in David E. Kelley’s LEGALLY MAD!!

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English actress Charity Wakefield, who played Marianne Dashwood in the 2008 miniseries version of “Sense and Sensibility,” has been cast in the central role of American lawyerette Brady Hamm in David E. Kelley’s latest legal hourlong “Legally Mad.”

The NBC project revolves around a father-daughter lawyering team. Announcement of who will play the dad is expected any day now.

Jon Seda (“Homicide”) and Kristin Chenoweth (“Pushing Daisies”) have also recently joined the “Mad” cast.

Kelley, a lawyer who got into the TV game by scripting “L.A. Law,” previously created the law-centric dramedys “Picket Fences,” “The Practice,” “Ally McBeal” and “Boston Legal.”

Find all of The Hollywood Reporter’s story on the matter here.




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This dude has a thing for British chicks...
by DisneyFanatic
Jan 5th, 2009
12:41:56 AM
Who's cast as the dancing baby?
by Xiphos_2
Jan 5th, 2009
12:44:46 AM
No surprise
by Symposium
Jan 5th, 2009
12:58:45 AM
Uh...Jon Seda
by alynch3
Jan 5th, 2009
01:10:43 AM
Wow, "cool" news?!?!?!
by The Bicycle Sharer
Jan 5th, 2009
01:14:10 AM
I give it one season at the most
by Mr Spork
Jan 5th, 2009
01:42:26 AM
^before NBC replaces it...
by Mr Spork
Jan 5th, 2009
01:45:37 AM
wow kelley
by Juror Number 8
Jan 5th, 2009
02:26:30 AM
What is it with all the foreign leads on US tv?
by ThrowMeTheIdol
Jan 5th, 2009
02:35:14 AM
Having said that
by ThrowMeTheIdol
Jan 5th, 2009
02:36:20 AM
alynch3
by buffywrestling
Jan 5th, 2009
02:48:19 AM
Herc, why is this worth an article exactly?
by the milf lover
Jan 5th, 2009
02:48:27 AM
ThrowMeTheIdol
by slowgraffiti
Jan 5th, 2009
03:25:50 AM
More bad American accents?
by odysseus
Jan 5th, 2009
03:38:34 AM
How come not an Americaner?
by Riley Martin
Jan 5th, 2009
03:38:38 AM
Everybody can speak american english
by quintana007
Jan 5th, 2009
04:42:07 AM
Is this a Mad TV spinoff?
by tonagan
Jan 5th, 2009
07:24:33 AM
Denny Crane!
by MrSentinel
Jan 5th, 2009
07:58:32 AM
Isn't Miss Chenowith's former costar
by skimn
Jan 5th, 2009
08:09:07 AM
Who needs a role on this??
by skimn
Jan 5th, 2009
08:11:07 AM
wtf part 2
by knobjockey
Jan 5th, 2009
08:14:27 AM
THIS THREAD IS USELESS WITHOUT PICS!
by LordEnigma
Jan 5th, 2009
08:55:26 AM
Wow. Talk about writing what you know.
by SkidMarkedUndies
Jan 5th, 2009
09:01:49 AM
Lawyer Shows
by Crow3711
Jan 5th, 2009
09:09:01 AM
savid e kelly is anally stimulating himself with a gavel
by ironic_name
Jan 5th, 2009
09:20:58 AM
so is david
by ironic_name
Jan 5th, 2009
09:21:09 AM
Lawyers vs Ninjas
by Mundungus
Jan 5th, 2009
09:38:18 AM
Kristin Chenoweth is a fox
by Thrillho77
Jan 5th, 2009
09:43:14 AM
EvilWizard
by skimn
Jan 5th, 2009
10:20:20 AM
There will be singing.
by Greggers
Jan 5th, 2009
10:36:33 AM
More short lived "wacky lawyer" shows
by skimn
Jan 5th, 2009
10:40:49 AM
This show should be about me.
by mrfan
Jan 5th, 2009
11:12:38 AM
Dey took our jobs!!!
by terry1978
Jan 5th, 2009
12:25:13 PM
Could be a fantastic show...
by Executor
Jan 5th, 2009
02:03:53 PM
Oh dear...
by The_Skook
Jan 5th, 2009
02:04:23 PM
british?
by 1st and only
Jan 5th, 2009
02:13:48 PM
I liked Boston Legal at first....
by drewlicious
Jan 5th, 2009
02:28:16 PM
Prague, Scandinavia.
by Conqueror Worm
Jan 5th, 2009
04:33:09 PM
Douglas Waumbaw
by Mindraven
Jan 5th, 2009
05:17:48 PM
Fear of Robot Overlords!
by Leafar the Lost
Jan 5th, 2009
07:15:43 PM
Yawn...
by pablo2004
Jan 5th, 2009
10:14:20 PM
The term is 'Briton', not 'Britisher'...
by BiggusDickus
Jan 5th, 2009
11:54:17 PM
As for dodgy accents...
by BiggusDickus
Jan 5th, 2009
11:57:33 PM
And a final thought...
by BiggusDickus
Jan 6th, 2009
12:04:42 AM
...and yes, I'm fully aware that Kiera is one of ours...
by BiggusDickus
Jan 6th, 2009
12:07:00 AM
Fuck this.
by 24200124
Jan 6th, 2009
01:03:56 AM
DEK is like a broken record
by The McPoyle Clan
Jan 6th, 2009
02:16:43 AM
'Britisher'
by yodalovesyou
Jan 6th, 2009
07:31:47 AM
This JUST in: Jack Black to play "DAD"!!!!
by dihay
Jan 6th, 2009
07:34:12 AM
How many times can David E. Kelly beat a dead horse?
by HellKing
Jan 6th, 2009
02:06:48 PM
"Britisher"
by BrooseTheScharuk
Jan 6th, 2009
03:24:00 PM
Broose...
by BiggusDickus
Jan 6th, 2009
03:52:19 PM
Hey!?
by The McPoyle Clan
Jan 7th, 2009
02:23:45 AM
Britisher is someone
by Dingbatty
Jan 7th, 2009
02:53:13 AM
at least Hollywood has finally got over...
by ikkyu
Jan 7th, 2009
07:30:34 AM
and, yes,...
by ikkyu
Jan 7th, 2009
07:36:42 AM
having said this...
by ikkyu
Jan 7th, 2009
07:38:45 AM
ikkyu
by Dingbatty
Jan 7th, 2009
01:14:20 PM

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