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"Morena Baccarin has joined the cast of upcoming Showtime drama series Homeland. The project will star Claire Danes as Carrie Anderson, a CIA officer who suspects that an Iraq war veteran (Damian Lewis) is involved in an al-Qaida plot. Showtime has now confirmed that former V star Baccarin will play Jessica Brody, the wife of Lewis&amp;#039;s Sgt. Nick Brody. She will replace Scottish actress Laura Fraser, who played the role in the original Homeland pilot. Baccarin played alien queen Anna on the recently-axed V, and previously starred on Fox&amp;#039;s Firefly. She also made a recent guest appearance on The Mentalist and has featured in episodes of Medium, Numb3rs and How I Met Your Mother. Homeland has been written by 24&amp;#039;s Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa and Gideon Raff, and will also star Mandy Patinkin and David Harewood. The series will premiere on Showtime in the fall. Watch a trailer for Homeland below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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