Reba McEntire is headed for Big Sky country.
The 67-year-old is joining the ABC crime drama as a series regular for season three.
The award winning singer will star as Sunny Brick, the unpredictable matriarch of the Brick family, who run a backcountry outfitting business with a secret history of missing customers.
New job: Reba McEntire is headed for Big Sky country. The 67-year-old is joining the ABC crime drama as a series regular for season three
The series was created by David E Kelly and is based on the best selling books by CJ Box. The drama focuses on private detective Cassie Dewell, portrayed by Kylie Bunbury, and her former partner turned law enforcement officer Jenny Hoyt, portrayed by Katheryn Winnick.
Reba is no stranger to network television.
The Freedom singer starred in her own self-titled comedy, Reba, from 2001-2007 as a divorced mom of three dealing with suburban life and some family strife.
Big Sky: The award winning singer will star as Sunny Brick, the unpredictable matriarch of the Brick family, who run a backcountry outfitting business with a secret history of missing customers
The Oklahoma native has also starred in Malibu Country, playing a woman whose world is turned upside down when she discovers her country singer husband has been cheating on her.
The comedy was cancelled after 18 episodes, despite reports it was the most-watched freshman comedy in its debut season.
Most recently the Fancy songstress has had a recurring role in the CBS comedy Young Sheldon as a no-nonsense hair dresser whose ex-husband was dating Sheldon’s grandmother.
Experience: The award winning singer turned actor is not stranger to network television, starring in Reba from 2001-2007 and Malibu Country from 2012-2013
The woman who is often referred to as the Queen of Country Music has been recording music for nearly five decades, releasing her debut single I Don’t Want To Be A One Night Stand in 1976.
She has had more than 100 singles on the Billboard Hot Country charts with 25 of those songs making it to number one. The Forever Love crooner has won three Grammy awards, and has so far earned 220 nominations and 91 awards over all.
The thrice married superstar wed her current husband, Young Sheldon actor Rex Linn, 65, in 2020. The two had been friends for nearly 30 years, but their relationship blossomed when her called to check on her when her late mother became ill. Reba is the mother of race car driver Shelby Blackstock, 32,
Wedded bliss: Reba married her third husband, Rex Linn, 65, in 2020. The two had been friends since 1991, but their relationship blossomed when he contacted the singer after her late mother became ill
