"Hit the Floor" Star Jodi Lyn O'Keefe Joins "The Vampire Diaries"
by Samantha Highfill
July 17, 2014


"The Vampire Diaries" seems to be adding a lot more new blood.

EW has learned exclusively that "Hit the Floor‘s" Jodi Lyn O’Keefe has been cast as new character Jo, “a tough and accomplished doctor at the university hospital. She demands excellence from her students and has learned the hard way that there’s no room for error in her profession.”

O’Keefe first appears in the season six premiere and there's no word yet on how long she’ll stick around.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/07/17/jodi-lyn-okeefe-the-vampire-diaries/

First Look: Is This Alaric's New "Vampire Diaries" Love Interest?
by Samantha Highfill
Sep 10, 2014


When it comes to Alaric Saltzman, a few things are well-known. He hasn’t had the best luck with relationships. He’s had even worse luck with magical rings.

Oh, and he’s back from the dead and getting ready to experience being an Original vampire (minus all the hunter qualities) for the first time.



So when we catch up with "The Vampire Diaries", where will Alaric be? Well, he won’t be in Mystic Falls, considering that entering the town would enact a spell that would kill him.

Instead, it sounds like Alaric gets back into the teaching game and compels himself a job as a professor. And knowing Alaric, it won’t be long before he finds a lady love—something that executive producer Julie Plec teased at Comic-Con.



EW has an exclusive look at Jodi Lyn O’Keefe in the season-six premiere. O’Keefe is playing Jo, a doctor at the university hospital who’s been described as “tough.”

Could this be Alaric’s next girlfriend? Hey, if Elena’s pre-med, she’ll probably approve.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/09/10/the-vampire-diaries-season-6-jodi-lyn-okeefe/