Liv Tyler is set to join the cast of Fox's
"9-1-1" spinoff
"9-1-1: Lone Star" from
Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and
Tim Minear. This is not Tyler's first foray into television, as she also starred in HBO's
"The Leftovers" and co-stars in Hulu's
"Harlots", but it will be her first broadcast role.
The show is set in Austin, Texas, and it follows Owen (
Rob Lowe), a sophisticated New York firefighter who, along with his son, re-locates to Austin, and must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in his own life.
Tyler will play Chief Paramedic Michelle Blake, who is described as a little rock-n-roll, sometimes a bad girl, but always boss. Equal parts compassionate and ruthless, Michelle is brilliant and wry, and the only one who can match wits with Owen in the station... where she will often put Owen in his place. While always on point at work, Michelle has an obsession she struggles to control: finding out what happened to her little sister Iris, who disappeared two years ago. She'll stop at nothing to discover the truth, even if it means burning her own life down.
"9-1-1: Lone Star" will premiere on January 19, 2020, after the NFC Championship Game, and will take over the
"9-1-1" 9 p.m. time slot on Mondays during that show's midseason hiatus.
Liv Tyler can next be seen in the sci-fi drama
"Ad Astra" opposite
Brad Pitt. The film opens in theaters on September 20.
