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"Emilie De Ravin has signed on to star in ABC&amp;#039;s new drama pilot Americana. De Ravin will play Francesca, the daughter and head of events in a fashion family empire, Entertainment Weekly reports.  Anthony LaPaglia will play the patriarch of the family, Robert Soulter, whose career is in jeopardy when a younger designer arrives on the scene. Natalie Mendoza and Ken Olin have also been cast in the pilot, which is contending for a slot in ABC&amp;#039;s fall lineup.  De Ravin is known for her roles in Lost and most recently the Robert Pattinson romantic drama Remember Me.  She also has a recurring role on the ABC fairytale drama Once Upon a Time, on which she plays a real-world version of Belle from Beauty and the Beast.  Watch Emily de Ravin as Belle in Once Upon a Time below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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