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Dawn Olivieri, who last appeared as "Janice Herveaux" on the hit HBO series 'True Blood,' as landed the lead role opposite Academy Award-nominated nominated actor Don Cheadle in the Showtime comedy pilot 'House of Lies,' states Deadline.com .
Written by Matthew Carnahan based on the book by Martin Kihn, the show centers on Marty (played by Cheadle), a self-loathing highly successful management consultant from a top-tier firm who is never above using any means (or anyone) necessary to get his clients the information they want.
Olivieri will play Monica, Marty's crazy, pill-popping ex-wife and biggest professional competition as her consulting firm is No.1 compared to Marty's No. 2.
In 2009, the former model landed the role of "Lydia" on season four of the award-winning, NBC series 'Heroes,' and other television projects such as CBS's 'How I Met Your Mother,' 'Cold Case,' HBO's 'Entourage.'
Coming up next for Cheadle is a role opposite Brendan Gleeson in 'The Guard,' which will premiere at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.
'House of Lies' is slated to go into production in February.