Actress Dania Ramirez (The Sopranos, Entourage, Devious Maids) will star in the upcoming Fox drama series Alert. Ramirez, who currently co-stars Netflix’s Sweet tooth as Aimee, will play the role of Nikki Parker, a police officer who after the disappearance of his of her 11-year-old son, decides to join the Los Angeles Police Department’s missing person’s unit, to help others find their loved ones. Six years later, her world is turned upside-down when her ex-husband, Devon Zoellner, shows up with a proof-of-life photo of their missing boy.
Fox ordered the series in May, revealing it as part of the network’s upfronts presentation for advertisers. John Eisendrath is on board as writer, executive producer and showrunner. Jamie Foxx and Datari Turner also serve as executive producers. The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television and Fox Entertainment.
Ramirez recently teamed with Eva Longoria on an 8-part scripted series about the true story of the courageous Mirabal sisters (Patria, Minerva and María Teresa). The lifelong activism in the Dominican Republic and state-orchestrated assassination of the latter led to the downfall of the DR’s hatted dictator, Rafael Trujillo (aka El Jefe).
“I am honored to have partnered with Eva Longoria, iHeartMedia, and My Cultura Podcast Network in association with School of Humans Audio Productions on the scripted podcast Sisters Of The Underground,” said Dania Ramirez. “We were given the freedom to bring on a Dominican writer/director Jose Maria Cabral, a Dominican/American co-writer Mary Castellanos and a cast of talented Dominican actors to give listeners the most authentic interpretation of this historical time.”
Ramirez is repped by Atlas Artists and Felker Toczek.