Ex-’Melrose Place’ Resident Katie Cassidy Heads to ‘Gossip Girl’

It was just a matter of time before they find a new playground for Melrose Place vixen Katie Cassidy, and who would have thought it would be the Upper East Side?

Entertainment Weekly
is reporting that Cassidy, who some say was the only thing memorable (in a good way) about the doomed reboot, just bagged a multi-episode guest spot on Gossip Girl, where she’ll play a student at Columbia who’ll take an interest in Nate (Chace Crawford).

EW adds that Cassidy’s character, set to jump right in with a debut on the season 4 opener, will “make trouble” for the others because – surprise, surprise, she is “not what she appears.” So she’s not a student after all?

Cassidy, 23, was last seen in A Nightmare on Elm Street and briefly on ill-fated Harper’s Island. She’s currently filming an upcoming American romantic comedy feature called Monte Carlo, where she’ll appear, coincidentally, with Gossip Girl mainstay Leighton Meester and Disney baby Selena Gomez.

Gossip Girl season 4 promises to be chockfull of new faces, with Harry Potter actress Clemence Poesy recently cast Chuck’s (Ed Westwick) new love interest, at least when he’s in Paris. Her character Eva was described as a “warm-hearted bombshell.”

“Warm-hearted bombshell?” Only on Gossip Girl!