Amber Tamblyn to Join America Ferrera in X/Y

Amber Tamblyn is teaming up with UGLY BETTY.

According to Deadline, Tamblyn has officially signed on to co-star with America Ferrera in her husband's, Ryan Piers Williams, upcoming independent film X/Y.

The project, which follows a group of friends as they navigate their daily lives in New York City, also stars Common, Melonie Diaz, Maria Dizzia, Ann Dowd, David Harbour, Dree Hemingway, Jon Paul Philips, and Adam Rapp.

Tamblyn will take on the role of Stacey, "a close friend of Silvia (Ferrera) and Mark (Williams) and partner to Tessa (Sue Jean Kim), who has her own demons to battle following her mother's death."

Production on X/Y began in New York City earlier this month.

For the original report, head on over to Deadline.

Tamblyn is an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Independent Spirit Award nominated actor. She was last seen in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained, and this year she will star in the feature film 3 Nights in the Desert. Her film work includes, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants films, 127 Hours and Stephanie Daley. On television Tamblyn starred in the title role in "Joan of Arcadia" and was featured on the long running "House." In addition to her work as an actor, Ms. Tamblyn is a nationally known poet. Two books of Tamblyn's poetry have been published, Bang Ditto and Free Stallion and she is working on a new collection to be published in 2013. She is the producer of The Drums Inside Your Chest, an annual poetry concert, and co-founded the nonprofit, Write Now Poetry Society.

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