Janet-Laine Green has taken the lead in She’s the Mayor, joining the cast of the Sudz Sutherland sitcom as it goes to camera in Toronto.

Green (M.V.P. , The Stone Angel) plays a school principal-turned-city mayor, joined by Colin Mochrie (Getting Along Famously) and Tonya Lee Williams (The Border). Williams plays her self-involved communications director and Mochrie takes on the germophobic city manager.

The producers at Hungry Eyes Film & Television went looking last fall for an actress ‘of a certain age’ to front the fish-out-of-water comedy, which came out on top after a competitive development process at Vision.

‘In Janet, we have found a funny, warm and versatile performer who has the strength to anchor this show’s richly talented ensemble, and who can embody Iris — an appealing yet believably flawed character — in all her glory,’ said co-creators Jennifer Holness, Min Sook Lee and Sutherland in a statement.

The 13 x 30 series, the second mayoral comedy to come along recently, is slated to premiere on the multi-faith channel in early 2011.

Green is repped by Gayle Abrams at the Oscar Abrams Zimel agency in Toronto, Mochrie by Jeff Andrews at Jeff Andrews Entertainment, and Williams by Gerry Jordan at Jordan & Associates.