Daniella Pineda Joins "Vampire Diaries" Spinoff "The Originals"

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"Vampire Diaries" Spinoff "The Originals" Casts a Witch
by NELLIE ANDREEVA
Friday February 1, 2013


Daniella Pineda (Fitzgerald Family Christmas) has landed a regular role in the potential "Vampire Diaries" spinoff "The Originals", which will be introduced as an upcoming episode of "TVD" that airs April 25.

"The Originals" stars "TVD’s" Joseph Morgan, Daniel Gillies and Phoebe Tonkin reprising their roles.



Written by "TVD" co-creator/executive producer Julie Plec, "The Originals" centers on the Original family of vampires, as Klaus (Morgan) returns to the supernatural melting pot that is the French Quarter of New Orleans — a town he helped build centuries ago — and is reunited with his diabolical former protégé Marcel.

Elijah (Gillies), intent on helping his self-destructive brother find redemption, must side with Marcel’s enemies in order to keep Klaus in line.



Pineda will play Sophie, a witch whose magic has been silenced but not snuffed. A leader and a sexy, sharp-tongued social force, she is quietly sowing the seeds of a revolution amongst her peers.

Pineda co-starred in the NBC pilot "Midnight Sun" last season and recently guest starred on Showtime’s "Homeland".

http://www.deadline.com/2013/02/vamp...casts-a-witch/