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"True Blood actress Kelly Overton has won a role on The CW&amp;#039;s Beauty and the Beast. The forthcoming drama will star Kristin Kreuk (Smallville) as cop Catherine Chandler and Jay Ryan (Terra Nova) as &amp;#039;beast&amp;#039; Vincent Keller.   Overton will play Claire, a medical student who bonds with Catherine&amp;#039;s ally Evan (Max Brown), according to TV Guide. The character will first appear in Beauty and the Beast&amp;#039;s fourth episode - expected to air in November - and may recur later in the season. The 34-year-old star recently played Rikki - a love interest for werewolf Alcide (Joe Manganiello) - on HBO&amp;#039;s True Blood and has also appeared on episodes of Psych, Criminal Minds and CSI: NY. Jeremy Glazer (Castle, Bones) has also been cast on Beauty and the Beast as a medical student searching for his missing fianc\u00E9e. Beauty and the Beast premieres on Thursday, October 11 at 9/8c on The CW. &amp;gt; Ringer&amp;#039;s Madchen Amick to guest star on CW&amp;#039;s Beauty and the Beast &amp;gt; Arrow, Beauty and the Beast, Emily Owens, MD CW posters unveiled Watch the stars of Beauty and the Beast discuss the series below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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