One thing Demi Moore, Eva Longoria, and Nia Long all have in common is this Spring they will be booked! Sources have confirmed that the three actresses will be starring in recurring roles on the Fox music drama, Empire.
Both Longoria and Long have been on the small screen this past television season. Longoria, had a leading role on the short lived NBC comedy ‘Telenovela’. She has also had a recurring role on Lifetime’s ‘Devious Maids’, where she also served as executive producer. Long recently starred in Lifetime’s Rendition of the Gary Marshall classic ‘Beaches’ and as ‘Alexis’ on the ABC comedy ‘Uncle Buck’. Long will also be featured in the new Netflix series ‘Dear White People’. For Moore, this is her first recurring role since her stint on the 80’s soap opera General Hospital.
Moore, the Golden Globe nominee, is expected to play a nurse, whose past can affect the safety of both her and the Lyons. Longoria is set to portray Charlotte Frost, a corrupt director of a gaming commission who holds the fate of Empire’s Las Vegas expansion in her hands. Long will play Giuliana Giusi, a queenpin/Vegas club owner who makes moves in New York to snag a piece of the Empire.
Each episode is set to air this spring. All Empire episodes return Wednesday, March 22 at 9PM ET on FOX.