'Black Lightning' Casts Grace Choi

It looks like another one of the DC's Outsiders is coming to Black Lightning, as Grace Choi has just been cast in the upcoming CW series.

According to Variety, Chantal Thuy as been cast as the DC Comics character ahead of the show's 2018 debut.

Thuy, who has appeared in Madam Secretary and Pretty Little Liars, will have a recurring role in the first season of the series. The casting report states that Grace Choi is a bartender who ends up becoming the love interest of Anissa Pierce (Nafessa Williams). Grace becomes friends with Anissa while they're both struggling with the fact that they have special abilities, and they will look to one another for help in their times of need.

Grace Choi was created in 2003 by Judd Winick and Tom Raney, and first appeared in Outsiders #1. The character was the daughter of an Amazon who was recruited into the Outsiders by Nightwing and Arsenal. Black Lightning was also a member of that team.

Thuy becomes the latest casting announcement by the upcoming CW series, joining the likes of Jill Scott and Marvin "Krondon" Jones III, who will be Lady Eve and Tobias Whale, respectively.

Black Lightning is set to debut in 2018 on The CW.