Nellie Andreeva

Detroit 187 alum Jon Michael Hill has landed a recurring role on new CBS drama Elementary, a contemporary take on Sherlock Holmes starring Jonny Lee Miller as the British sleuth who is helping NYPD and Lucy Liu as his sidekick. Hill, repped by SDB Partners and Cornerstone Agency, will play a detective.

Meet The Parents star Teri Polo leads the cast of Christmas Angel, an independently-produced TV movie directed by Brian Herzlinger. She will play Melinda Mead, a single mom raising her daughter alone in a quaint small town. Also cast in the movie, centered on an old house that seems to be fulfilling wishes, are Tamera Mowry-Housley and Jaiden Kaine as Melinda’s bosses, Della Reese, Kevin Sorbo and Izabela Vidovic. Polo is with Gersh and McGowan Management, Mowry with TalentWorks and Main Title.

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