Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Empire alumna Nicole Ari Parker is joining NBC’s Chicago PD for a major recurring role on the upcoming eighth season of the Dick Wolf drama series.
She will play Deputy Superintendent Samatha Miller. From Atlanta originally, Miller is a progressive, ardent proponent of police reform.
She wants to help Voight (Jason Beghe) and Intelligence adapt to the new reality, but will not tolerate breaches of the new police guidelines and protocols.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersCop shows have come under scrutiny in the past couple of months for their depiction of police work in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, which triggered nationwide protests against police.
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