Janet Montgomery nabs vampire-fighting 'Gothica' lead for ABC

'Made in Jersey' star will play a Van Helsing ancestor

By HitFix Staff Monday, Feb 25, 2013 10:16 PM

Janet Montgomery

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Bouncing back quickly from the fall failure of CBS' "Made in Jersey," Janet Montgomery has snagged one of the leads in ABC's horror smorgasbord "Gothica."

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Montgomery will play Grace Van Helsing, a writer who begins an investigation into who or what killed her parents.

Based on her last name, we're gonna go with "vampires" or something.

The trade says that Van Helsing is Victor Frankenstein's (Tom Ellis) ex-girlfriend and that she's Dorian Gray's (Chris Egan) "partner."

As you can guess, "Gothica" takes a lot of iconic horror/gothic characters and runs them through a modern blender. Think "Once Upon a Time" for the Bram Stoker-loving set. Anand Tucker is directing the pilot, which also features Raza Jaffrey of "Smash."

CBS was convinced Montgomery was one of the breakout stars of the fall, but "Made in Jersey" aired only two episodes. Her other American TV credits include "Human Target" and "Entourage," while she'll be seen in BBC America's "Spies of Warsaw" this April.

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Mike

Don't forget Ambrosia the fantasy advice giving stripper! Clearly Dan did not write this one.
February 26, 2013 at 9:13AM EST Reply to Comment
- dan Mike - Sadly, I did. And I was going to mention "The League" and then... Gracious. I have no idea. Something happened as I was finishing it... I have no GOOD excuse. #DanFail
  
  -Daniel
  February 26, 2013 at 1:52PM EST