Four fitted for casts at USA

Actors join 'White Collar,' 'Covert Affairs'

By Nellie Andreeva

Sept 7, 2009, 11:00 PM ET

Natalie Morales has been added to the cast of USA Network's upcoming series "White Collar" as a regular.

In other USA casting news, Eric Lively and Kari Matchett have joined the network's pilot "Covert Affairs" as regulars and Eion Bailey is aboard as a recurring.

"Collar" follows the pairing of a con artist (Matthew Bomer) and the head of the FBI's white-collar crime unit (Tim DeKay).

Morales will play Lauren Cruz, a smart junior FBI agent in the white-collar division who holds her own with her superiors and the master thieves she's investigating. She originally was cast as a guest star for two episodes.

Morales recently wrapped the features "The Bounty" and "Going the Distance" and just booked a role in Oliver Stone's "Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps." She is managed by Bleecker Street Entertainment and repped by attorney Mitch Smelkinson.

"Affairs" centers on Annie Walker (Piper Perabo), a multilingual CIA trainee who joins the agency while still reeling over a mysterious ex-boyfriend (Bailey) who appears to be of particular interest to her bosses.

Lively, repped by Fortitude and Untitled, will play Conrad Sheehan III, a third-generation CIA man and womanizer who enjoys a spicy rapport with Annie. Lively most recently appeared in "24: Redemption."

Matchett ("ER") will play a driven CIA agent who is the head of the agency's Domestic Protection Division and Annie's new boss.

Four fitted for casts at USA

Actors join 'White Collar,' 'Covert Affairs'

By Nellie Andreeva

Sept 7, 2009, 11:00 PM ET