Canadian actress Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica) has been cast as a lead in ABC’s upcoming pilot Killer Women.

Helfer, who had a role in the short-lived The Firm series from Entertainment One for Global Television, in Killer Women will play Molly Parker, the only woman in the male-dominated Texas Rangers.

ABC has commissioned the series as an adaptation of the Argentinian TV series Mujeres Asesinas.

As only one of the two women in the Texas Rangers, Helfer’s character will be a no-nonsense forensic specialist, able to interrogate suspects and shoot with deadly precision.

Hannah Shakespeare has written the pilot script for ABC Studios, Electus and Latin World Entertainment.

Sofia Vergara (Modern Family) and Martin Campbell, who is to direct the pilot, will executive produce.

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