Emmanuelle Chriqui Joins Rob Lowe-Led THE GRINDER

Emmanuell Chirqui has joined Fox's newest comedy.

The ENTOURAGE alumna has been cast as a guest star on THE GRINDER, which stars Rob Lowe as an actor, Dean Sanderson, who becomes famous for his role as a lawyer ("Mitch Grinder") in a television drama. Chriqui will play a lawyer in the drama, which is also entitled THE GRINDER.

Emmanuelle Chriqui is a Canadian film and television actress. She is known for her performance on HBO's Entourage as Sloan McQuewick, as well as Dalia, the love interest of Adam Sandler's character in You Don't Mess with the Zohan. She is also known for her role on THE MENTALIST television series as Lorelei Martins, accomplice to Red John. In May 2010, she topped the AskMen.com Most Desirable Women of 2010 list.

THE GRINDER is an upcoming American single-camera legal comedy television series that will debut on FOX as a entry in the 2015-16 television season. The show was picked up to series on May 8, 2015 and will premiere on September 29, 2015.

The series follows an actor who returns to his hometown after the television series The Grinder, in which he played a lawyer, ends its run. Unfortunately, his family are actual lawyers who run a law firm, so having believed that his television experience would make him qualified to be a lawyer, he decides to join their firm despite the fact that he only played one on the small screen.

The cast is as follows:
Rob Lowe as Dean Sanderson, Jr.
Fred Savage as Stewart Sanderson, Dean's brother and real-life attorney.
Mary Elizabeth Ellis as Debbie Sanderson, Stewart's wife and and Dean's high school sweetheart.
William Devane as Dean Sanderson, Sr., Dean and Stewart's father and head of the law firm.
Natalie Morales as Claire
Hana Hayes as Lizzie Sanderson, Stewart and Debbie's 15-year-old daughter.
Connor Kalopsis as Ethan Sanderson, Stewart and Debbie's 13-year-old son.

Source: EW