AnnaLynne McCord
In 2008, she was the eighteenth actress to be cast in The CW series "90210", portraying antiheroine Naomi Clark. Initially, the part of Clark was conceived as a supporting role. However, by the end of the first season, media outlets had begun referring to McCord as the series' lead. For the role of Naomi Clark, she was nominated for a Teen Choice Award and received the "Hollywood Life" Young Hollywood Superstar of Tomorrow award in 2009. In 2010, she won a Breakthrough of the Year Award in the category of "Breakthrough Standout Performance".
Aja Naomi King
King appeared in several short films in the early period of her career. She made her television debut in 2010, as a guest star in the CBS police procedural "Blue Bloods", and later appeared on "Person of Interest", "The Blacklist", and "Deadbeat". She made her feature film debut in the 2011 independent film "Damsels in Distress", as a minor character. Her big break came in 2012, when she was cast as new surgical intern Cassandra Kopelson and the series' primary antagonist, on the CW medical comedy-drama series "Emily Owens, M.D." The series was canceled after a single season in 2013. She later starred in the Amazon Studios comedy pilot "The Onion Presents: The News".