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Over the weekend, Naturi Naughton, who appeared as rapper Lil' Kim in 'Notorious' and in 'Lottery Ticket' with Bow Wow, was cast in an upcoming NBC drama pilot called 'Playboy.'
Along with Amber Heard, who will star with Nicolas Cage in the upcoming 3-D film 'Drive Angry,' Naughton will star in the series, which is set in the Playboy Club in Chicago in 1963, states Variety.
Heard will play Maureen, a new hire at the club. Originally an orphan, she's an inquisitive young woman with an untethered sexuality and a dark past.
Naughton plays Brenda, a stunning African American Bunny determined to become the first black Playboy centerfold.
The show's release date has yet to be set, but it will air sometime during the 2011-2012 season.
Naughton, who also played a pianist named Denise in the remake of the 1980 movie and TV musical 'Fame,' recently appeared in the 'Hands and Knees' episode of 'Mad Men,' as a Bunny at a Manhattan club who is involved with Jared Harris' Lane Pryce.
