The CW’s Nikita has tapped Fame‘s Erica Gimpel for a two-episode guest stint as Carla, the woman who took Nikita off the streets, E! Online reports. While Carla is like a mother figure to Nikita, they’ll be reunited under unfortunate circumstances, with secrets about both women coming to light.

Gimpel, who played Wallace’s mom on Veronica Mars, will first appear in Episode 14, airing in February.

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