The USA show was recently renewed for an eighth season.<\/b>
\nKatherine Heigl is joining \u201cSuits\u201d Season 8 as a series regular, USA Network announced Wednesday.
Heigl will play Samantha Wheeler, a talented new partner at Pearson Specter Litt who challenges the status quo and will either become the firm\u2019s greatest ally or most powerful enemy. She joins returning series regulars Gabriel Macht, Sarah Rafferty, Rick Hoffman, and new series regular Dul\u00e9 Hill. The new season begins production this April in Toronto.
\u201cJoining \u2018Suits\u2019 was the perfect organic way to not only collaborate with an EP I admire deeply, but to also become part of a show and cast that I am an immense fan of,\u201d Heigl said. \u201cI have watched \u2018Suits\u2019 from the very beginning and feel incredibly lucky to be the newest member of the Pearson Specter Litt family.\u201d
Heigl is an Emmy Award-winning and two-time Golden Globe-nominated actress, as well as a producer. She is best known for starring in the feature films \u201c27 Dresses,\u201d \u201cKnocked Up\u201d and \u201cThe Ugly Truth,\u201d which she also executive produced, as well as for her work on ABC\u2019s critically acclaimed drama \u201cGrey\u2019s Anatomy.\u201d Most recently, Heigl starred in the thriller \u201cUnforgettable.\u201d
She is repped by Zero Gravity Management and Morris Yorn Barnes Levine Krintzman Rubenstein & Kohner.
USA announced Tuesday that the show would return for an eighth season, but without regulars Patrick J. Adams and Meghan Markle. Both will exit the series at the end of the current Season 7, with the second half set to premiere on March 28. Series creator Aaron Korsh is also working on a spinoff centered around Gina Torres\u2019 character Jessica Pearson at USA.<\/p>\n

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