According to Deadline, Scream Queens star Skyler Samuels will be joining Fox’s The Gifted in an undisclosed recurring role. The only information offered on Samuels’ character is that she’s “a refugee mutant with telepathic abilities and a mysterious past.”
Marvel Comics has a long list of characters with telepathic powers, giving fans plenty to speculate about. Among the top guesses are Jean Grey, Emma Frost, and Psylocke, although none of these have been confirmed.
In addition to Scream Queens, prior credits for Samuels include American Horror: Freak Show, The Duff, and The Nine Lives of Chloe King.
The Gifted follows a suburban couple whose lives take an unexpected turn when they discover their children possess mutant powers. On the run from the government, the family must team up with an underground network of mutants in order to survive.
The series, which airs Mondays at 9 PM, stars Stephen Moyer, Amy Acker, Sean Teale, Jamie Chung, Coby Bell, Emma Dumont, Blair Redford, Natalie Alyn Lind, and Percy Hynes White.