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Natasha Henstridge has signed a one-year talent holding deal with Touchstone Television. The deal comes on the heels of the actress joining the cast of the Touchstone-produced series Commander in Chief in a recurring role (HR 7/22). The ABC political drama stars Geena Davis as the first female U.S. president. Henstridge also had a role in the Touchstone/Bad Robot drama pilot Pros and Cons for ABC. Henstridge's other TV credits include the Lifetime movie Widow on the Hill, the syndicated series She Spies and the Showtime movie Beauty and Power. On the film side, her credits include Species and its two sequels as well as The Whole Nine Yards and its sequel, The Whole Ten Yards. She is repped by Paradigm, Mosaic Media Group and attorney John LaViolette.

LONDON -- Granada International, the U.K.-based sales arm for Granada, said Wednesday it has sealed a television movie output deal with News Corp.'s Asian broadcasting arm STAR. The multiyear agreement will see STAR take exclusive pay TV rights to 45 made-for-TV movies produced by Granada America. Titles include Widow on the Hill starring James Brolin, the Melanie Griffith starrer Lethal Seduction and Brave New Girl, which stars recent Oscar nominee Virginia Madsen. Several movies in the package are still to be made, Granada said. All output will air on pay TV channel STAR Movies, which is available in 33 million homes across Asia. The deal was announced by Granada International managing director Nadine Nohr and brokered by the London-based company's vp of Asia sales George Sakkalli.

Natasha Henstridge has joined the cast of ABC's upcoming drama series Commander-in-Chief in a recurring role. The Touchstone Television-produced political drama stars Geena Davis as the first female U.S. president. Henstridge will play the assistant to Donald Sutherland's character, who is the speaker of the House. Henstridge most recently starred opposite James Brolin in the Lifetime original movie Widow on the Hill. She also starred in the syndicated TV series She Spies and the Showtime movie Beauty and Power.