Leigh joins "Grey's"; Strickland tapped for spinoff

[Brian Damage]

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - KaDee Strickland has come on board the upcoming "Grey's Anatomy" spinoff, "Private Practice."

Meanwhile, following her brief appearance at the end of "Grey's" Season 3 finale, Chyler Leigh is joining the cast of the ABC medical drama as a regular.

On "Practice," set at a posh Los Angeles private medical practice, Strickland will play Charlotte, a doctor and hospital administrator.

On "Grey's," Leigh plays Meredith's (Ellen Pompeo) half-sister, Lexie Grey, who comes to Seattle Grace as a new intern.

Both Strickland and Leigh starred on David E. Kelley series. Leigh was a lead on "Girls Club" and played a recurring character on "The Practice," while Strickland toplined "The Wedding Bells."

Strickland will next appear in the feature "American Gangster."

Leigh most recently co-starred on Fox's "Reunion."

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