Brandy Norwood Promoted to Series Regular for Third Season of FOX Music Drama Series STAR

According to Deadline, Brandy Norwood, who recurred on Season 2, has been PROMOTED to series regular for Season 3 of the FOX music drama series.

Norwood plays Carlotta's (Queen Latifah) sister Cassie Brown. Season three, will be a "War of the Brown Sisters" as they vie for control of the ATLANTA music scene.

Co-created by Lee Daniels and Tom Donaghy, Star follows three talented singers - running from their pasts and desperate for a new start - with ambitions of stardom, as they navigate the cutthroat music business.

Daniels and Donaghy executive produce with Pamela Oas Williams. Karin Gist serves as showrunner and executive producer.

A Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter and actress, Brandy Norwood has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide. She first stole our hearts with her multi-platinum self-titled debut album featuring the hit single "I Wanna Be Down." Her record "The Boy Is Mine" was the best selling song in the US upon release and spent 13 weeks on the top of the hot 100. It also won a 1998 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. As an actress, Brandy has starred in her own sitcom, "Moesha," and made history in Disney's television film Cinderella as its first black princess, starring alongside her icon Whitney Houston.

Brandy recently made her Broadway debut in the long-running Chicago revival in 2015, with a reprise of her performance in 2017.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

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