The Smart One Adds Malin Akerman and Jean Smart
TV Fanatic Staff at .One of the most promising sitcom pilots of the season is rounding out its cast.
The Smart One - a single-camera comedy purchased by ABC and starring Portia de Rossi as Jude, an especially intelligent young woman - has added two actresses to the fold:
- Malin Akerman (Children's Hospital) will star opposite de Rossi as the dumber half of this sibling pair.
- Jean Smart (24, Hawaii Five-0) will portray the sisters' mother.
The Smart One is co-produced by de Rossi's real-life wife, Ellen DeGeneres.