The Windy City has a new protector.
Chicago P.D. has officially tapped The Night Agent star Arienne Mandi as a series regular for the upcoming thirteenth season Entertainment Weekly has confirmed. Mandi will join Jason Beghe’s Sergeant Hank Voight, Patrick John Flueger’s Officer Adam Ruzek, Marina Squericiati’s Detective Kim Burgess, LaRoyce Hawkins’ Officer Kevin Atwater, and more on the fictional force of the long-running installment in the Chicago franchise.
According to Deadline Hollywood, Mandi will play Naomi Kerr, a former solider and military contractor who joins the ranks of the Chicago police force. The character is described as a thrill-seeker and secret-keeper who may run into trouble gelling with the team’s tight dynamics.
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Toya Turner, Jason Beghe, Marina Squerciati, Patrick John Flueger, and Benjamin Levy Aguilar on ‘Chicago P.D.’
Mandi is a welcome addition to the core Chicago P.D. cast, which has suffered a number of losses in the past few years without securing as many additions.
Day one cast member Jesse Lee Soffer announced his exit in 2022. He joined the FBI spinoff FBI: International two years later, but that series was canceled in March. Next up was Tracy Spiridakos, who had played Detective Hailey Upton since season 4. Spiridakos exited Chicago P.D. in 2023, and Toya Turner announced her departure in June after only one season on the series.
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Chicago P.D. is the second installment in the sprawling Chicago franchise – sometimes called the Chicago One franchise – created by Dick Wolf. The flagship series was Chicago Fire, which premiered in 2012, followed by Chicago P.D., which premiered in 2014 after a 2013 Chicago Fire backdoor pilot. Chicago Med and Chicago Justice premiered in 2015 and 2016, respectively, but the latter series was canceled after only one season.
While this will be Mandi’s first appearance on the Chicago universe, it won’t be her first foray into the world of Dick Wolf. The actress appeared in a January episode of FBI as Anna Fox, the seemingly innocent, abducted fiancée of an airlines employee who turns out to be the wife of a ruthless terrorist.
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Arienne Mandi on ‘The Night Agent’ in 2024
Mandi also played Dani Núñez across the series run of The L Word sequel The L Word: Generation Q. Dani was the ex-PR manager of Jennifer Beals’ Bette Porter-Kennard, and the ex-fiancée of Rosanny Zayas as Sophie Suarez.
A Chilean-Iranian native to Los Angeles, Mandi also appeared in a memorable role on the second season of the political thriller The Night Agent. Mandi played Noor Taheri, an aide of the Ambassador of the Iranian mission to the United Nations who finds herself in a precarious position leaking information to the CIA in exchange for favors for her family.
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