Torrey DeVitto and Ashanti Cast on Army Wives Season 7
A Vampire Diaries star and a singer are on their way to Lifetime.
The network has announced that Torrey DeVitto (TVD, Pretty Little Liars) and Ashanti have been cast as series regular on Army Wives Season 7, following that a major shake-up on that series, which will include the death of Kim Delaney's Claudia.
Torrey DeVitto (pictured) will portray Maggie Hall, an ex-soldier and current truck driver who is married to a staff sergeant and who left the Army to become a mother.
Ashanti - who has appeared on such shows as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and American Dreams - will take on Latasha Durant a mother of three with firm control over her family.
Deadline also reports that newcomer Elle McLemore will come on board as Holly Gordon, a country girl who recently married a soldier.
Production on Season 7 gets underway this month.
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February 18th, 2013 4:47 PM
I love this show! The greatest I've seen for such a long time. I simply can't wait for season 7 ...
And I definitely hope for 8 and 9 and why not more too..
January 28th, 2013 6:01 PM
I love the show!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait for the new season! I don't like that roxy and Trevor moved! So much is true to Army life! Please keep the show going!!!!!!!!!!!
January 12th, 2013 10:24 AM
I do not like that the originals are leaving. I do not like Devitto,since One tree hill,PLL,VD, she jumps in everywhere, just don't like her.
Love Delany, not kelly williams.
December 3rd, 2012 12:58 PM
I will not watch any more of this show. I do not like (actually hate) Devitto!!!! I hated that she infiltrated into Vampire Diaries!! And now this show. No more watching this for me!
December 2nd, 2012 10:18 AM
V.D it feel good to see new quests in the show.am dearly waitin for season 4 in kenyan market.
December 1st, 2012 1:49 PM
I will watch the season premier and thats it.. The show should have ended last season, it has not been good for years..