Variety has revealed that Sydelle Noel (GLOW) has signed on for a recurring role in the sixth season of The CW’s DC show Arrow.
Noel is set to portray Samanda Watson, an FBI agent investigating Oliver Queen’s (Stephen Amell) connection to the Green Arrow. Her character is described as “intelligent and poised with a no nonsense attitude [and] a woman who won’t rest until Green Arrow’s secrets are revealed.”
Noel will soon be seen in the Marvel universe, portraying Xoliswa, a member of the Dora Milaje, in Marvel Studios’ Black Panther.
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After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the North China Sea. He returned home to Star City, bent on righting the wrongs done by his family and fighting injustice. As the Green Arrow, he protects his city with the help of former soldier John Diggle (David Ramsey), computer-science expert Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards), his vigilante-trained sister Thea Queen (Willa Holland), Deputy Mayor Quentin Lance (Paul Blackthorne), brilliant inventor Curtis Holt (Echo Kellum), and his new recruits, street-savvy Rene Ramirez (Rick Gonzalez) and meta-human Dinah Drake (Juliana Harkavy). Oliver has finally solidified and strengthened his crime-fighting team only to have it threatened when unexpected enemies from his past return to Star City, forcing Oliver to rethink his relationship with each member of his ‘family’.
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Arrow season 6 is set to premiere on October 12th on The CW.
Originally published August 5, 2017. Updated November 30, 2022.
