Broadway Fave & Smash Star Krysta Rodriguez Set to Join Second Season of ABC Family's Chasing Life

Krysta Rodriguez, who recently revealed her fight with breast cancer, has been tapped for a recurring role on the second season of ABC Family's Chasing Life. According to Variety, the Smash star and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner will play Vanessa, who inspires fellow cancer patient April (Italia Ricci) to rethink her goals.

“The show has such a unique point of view: acknowledging the realities of being a young person with cancer mixed with the vibrancy of still seeking what you want in life," said Rodriguez. "I can’t wait to contribute.”

Rodriguez was last seen on the Great White Way opposite Zachary Levi in the 2013 musical comedy First Date, and took Broadway.com viewers backstage with her popular video blog Kiss & Tell. She won a 2010 Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for Favorite Breakthrough Performance as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family and has also appeared on the Main Stem in Spring Awakening, A Chorus Line, In the Heights and Good Vibrations. TV viewers know her as Ana Vargas on the second season of NBC’s Smash.