The actress who starred as Wilhelmina Slater on ABC’s Ugly Betty, has been tapped to star in the network’s upcoming family comedy pilot. Williams has landed a lead role and will star opposite previously announced Matt Walsh and JoAnna Garcia Swisher.

The single-camera comedy follows two Pittsburgh families — a father (Walsh) with three adult daughters (Swisher will play the eldest) and a hotel lounge singer (Williams) with her son — who are forced together after a decades-old secret is revealed.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sheri, the lounge singer is described as a diva with no money who had one hit in the late ‘80s. Her son is the most important thing in her life, but her career is a closesecond.

Happy Accident is penned by Modern Family writers Abraham Higginbotham and Jon Pollack. Higginbotham and Pollack will also serve as executive producers alongside pilot director Kat Coiro.

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The actress who starred as Wilhelmina Slater on ABC’s Ugly Betty, has been tapped to star in the network’s upcoming family comedy pilot. Williams has landed a lead role and will star opposite previously announced Matt Walsh and JoAnna Garcia Swisher.

The single-camera comedy follows two Pittsburgh families — a father (Walsh) with three adult daughters (Swisher will play the eldest) and a hotel lounge singer (Williams) with her son — who are forced together after a decades-old secret is revealed.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sheri, the lounge singer is described as a diva with no money who had one hit in the late ‘80s. Her son is the most important thing in her life, but her career is a closesecond.

Happy Accident is penned by Modern Family writers Abraham Higginbotham and Jon Pollack. Higginbotham and Pollack will also serve as executive producers alongside pilot director Kat Coiro.

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