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Here are the casting couch features for this past week:

Sonja Sohn

Jonathan Keltz

Actress Sonja Sohn (The Wire and Body of Proof) has landed a recurring role on The Originals, play Lenore, a powerful salt-of-the-Earth in New Orleans, who will prove to be quite a foe for Klaus (series lead Joseph Morgan). The Originals will be back for its second season on The CW sometime this fall.

Actor Jonathan Keltz has been promoted to series regular on The CW period piece drama Reign when it returns for its second season this fall. He played recurring character Leith, the love interest of lady-in-waiting Greer (series regular Celina Sinden). Reign will return for its second season sometime this fall on The CW.

Constance Zimmer

Brian Van Holt

Actress Constance Zimmer (House of Cards and Entourage) has landed a role in the upcoming Lifetime dark comedic drama Un-Real that will star Shiri Appleby (Roswell and Life Unexpected). Zimmer will play the dispassionate executive producer of the unscripted show, The 10-episodes series is inspired by executive producer Sarah Gertrude Shapiro’s short film Sequin Raze and centers on Rachel (Appleby), a young staffer whose sole job is to manipulate her relationships with and among the contestants to get the vital dramatic and outrageous footage the program’s executive producer (Zimmer) demands. Lifetime has not announced an official airdate for Un-Real yet.

Natalie Hall and Patrick Breen

Actor Brian Van Holt (Cougar Town) has joined the cast of the upcoming Syfy series Ascension that will star Battlestar Galactica alum Tricia Helfer. The new drama is about a starship that was secretly launched from Earth in the year 1963, sending hundreds of men, women and children to populate a new world. Nearly 50 years into the journey, as they approach the point of no return, the mysterious murder of a young woman causes the ship’s population to question the true nature of their mission. Holt will play the ship’s captain William Denninger while Helfer will play his wife Viondra. Ascension is set to air on Syfy in November.

Jeremy Davidson – Gillian Alexy (Upper Right) and Martha Higareda (Lower Right)

A handful of guest stars will be showing up on Royal Pains when it returns for its sixth season on USA Network. Actress Gillian Alexy (Damages and The Americans) will recur as the mysterious Charlotte, who Hank (series lead Mark Feuerstein) met while traveling in Europe. Actor Patrick Breen (Kevin Hill and Men in Black) will play Bob, an unconventional couples counselor who has a big impact on Paige (series regular Brooke D’Orsay) and Evan (series regular Paulo Costanzo). Actor Jeremy Davidson (The Americans and Army Wives) will play Ray Mazzarino, a new HankMed patient who recently moved to the Hamptons for a fresh start and goes into business with Evan. And actresses Martha Higareda (El Mariachi) and Natalie Hall (True Blood and Star-Crossed) have landed roles, playing the lively bartender at a quiet local bar that becomes a sanctuary for Jeremiah (series regular Ben Shenkman) and Hope, a burlesque dancer who asks for Jeremiah’s help when she complains of pain during her act respectively. Royal Pains will be back on the USA Network on June 10.

Please come back next week for more casting announcements.