Bring It On’s Elle McLemore Joins Lifetime’s Army Wives

Bring It On: The Musical star Elle McLemore has signed on as a series regular for the upcoming seventh season of Army Wives, the Lifetime drama about the friendships of a group of Americans whose spouses are in the U.S. Army.

The Hollywood Reporter notes that McLemore will play Holly Gordon, an Illinois farm girl whose new marriage to a soldier challenges her as she struggles with being far from home and without friends.

The show will return in early 2013, with new cast members Ashanti and Torrey DeVitto also joining for the seventh season.

McLemore made her Broadway debut earlier this year in Bring It On, playing the pint-sized villain Eva. Her TV credits include guest stints on The Suite Life on Deck, The Middle and Los Americans, and an appearance in the cheerleading film At the Top of the Pyramid.