Jolene Blalock Joins Legend of the Seeker

You may know her at T’Pol from Star Trek: Enterprise, but this week, Jolene Blalock dons a new mantle, literally, when she takes on the role of Sister Nicci in Legend of the Seeker.

“What drew me to the role, were the seeds of doubt which gave us a lot of ways to move” said Jolene on a call with reporters. “She’s not inherently good or inherently bad, she’s just blinded by the passion of her own good intentions.”

And you know what they say about good intentions.

Going from a cult favorite scifi show to a cult favorite fantasy show is just fine with Jolene. “Scifi / fantasy is very special to my heart. I grew up with the original Star Trek and I used to watch the Star Wars Trilogy [over and over again when I was a kid.]” What she likes best about the genre is that it takes “humanity outside of itself. It presents the what if. . . ”

Jolene’s first episode runs the week of January 23 and it’s called “Dark.”

As the Sisters of the Light train Richard (Craig Horner) to use his wizard power, the beautiful and mysterious Sister Nicci (Guest Star Jolene Blalock) reveals a shocking secret forcing him into a dark alliance; in Richard’s absence, Zedd (Bruce Spence) has no choice but to name a new Seeker.

Then, on January 30th, Jolene returns in “Perdition.”

Trapped in the deadly Valley of Perdition, Richard’s (Craig Horner) worst fears come magically to life and threaten to kill him, while the world’s most powerful sorceress, Sister Nicci (Guest Star Jolene Blalock), plots to murder Kahlan (Bridget Regan); Cara’s (Tabrett Bethell) feelings for the new Seeker deepen.

Later in the season, look for an appearance by Keisha Castle-Hughes who played Queen of Naboo in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

Legend of the Seeker is syndicated so look for it on your local TV stations on Saturday or Sunday afternoons.

Photo: ABC Studios