NCIS: Hawaii Signs Up Vanessa Lachey As First Female Lead
TV Line,
Love Is Blind host Vanessa Lachey has landed the role of
NCIS‘s Jane Tennant, the first woman Special Agent in charge of NCIS Pearl. The upcoming
NCIS: Hawaii spin-off has made history by creating the first series in the franchise based around a female lead special agent.
The lead character is described as a single-mother who is struggling to find a balance between her work life and family life. Like previous leads on the popular CBS shows, Jane Tennant will know her way around gruesome crimes scene too. Additionally, as a woman in a male-dominated profession, the hard-charging special agent is also said to be confident and strategic.