Vanessa Lachey is hoping her character Special Agent in Charge Jane Tennant and her diverse team at CBS’s NCIS: Hawai’i inspires viewers to aim high.
Jane is the first female to lead an NCIS series and Lachey isn’t taking that responsibility lightly.“Yes, it’s time,” Lachey told Deadline during the show’s TCA presentation on Thursday about having more women of color leads on television. “I love that [executive producers] Matt [Bosack], Chris [Silber], and Jan [Nash] are the ones to take the lead on this.
And there are female NCIS SACs out there, they just aren’t on TV. For me to be the one to represent that, I’m honored and humbled.
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