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Grammy-winning recording artist and actor Marc Anthony, who appeared as a guest star in two episodes of TNT's 'Hawthorne,' has now been added to the cast as a regular, joining Jada Pinkett Smith.
Anthony will reprise the newly expanded role of police detective Nick Renata in the powerful drama series, which stars and is executive-produced by Pinkett Smith.
Anthony joins the the third season of the show just as Pinkett Smith's Christina Hawthorne, chief nursing officer of James River Hospital, struggles with news that she is pregnant. The two developed a strong bond last season while Renata investigated a pair of criminal cases involving the hospital. But Christina, whose on-again, off-again romance with Dr. Tom Wakefield (played by Michael Vartan), has been a mess of mixed signals and bad timing, told Nick she was not ready to jump into a new relationship.
Besides being a successful recording artist, Anthony's acting career includes roles in Martin Scorsese's 'Bringing Out the Dead' and Tony Scott's 'Man on Fire.' Starring opposite wife Jennifer Lopez, Anthony played Puerto Rican salsa pioneer Héctor Lavoe in Leon Ichaso's biopic 'El Cantante.' He also starred opposite Salma Hayak in the television film 'In the Time of the Butterflies.' In 1997, Anthony made his Broadway debut in Paul Simon's musical 'The Capeman.'
'Hawthorne' premiered on TNT in summer 2009. Last summer, the second season averaged 3.7 million viewers and ranked as one of cable's top scripted series among women.
The series is scheduled to return for its third season this June.