Aja Naomi King has joined Grosse Pointe Garden Society, an NBC drama pilot that includes Melissa Fumero (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), AnnaSophia Robb (The Carrie Diaries), and Ben Rappaport (Ozark) in lead roles alongside King.
The story centers around four members of a suburban garden club — Birdie (Fumero), Alice (Robb), Brett (Rappaport), and Catherine (King). They’re all from different walks of life, and they end up swept into murder and mischief while they struggle to find excitement in their conventional lives.
The pilot also features The Vampire Diaries alum Matthew Davis and Alexander Hodge (Insecure), the series is from Jenna Bans. Previously, Bans worked on shows such as Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, and Scandal. She also created Good Girls, which is also a crime drama, and the short-lived mystery series The Family.
Grosse Pointe Garden Society hails from Bill Krebs and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group. Maggie Kiley is directing the pilot and executive producing with Bans via Minnesota Logging Co., Krebs, and Casey Kyber.
NBC has other pilots in the works, including a sitcom starring Reba McEntire and the high-profile Suits: LA project starring Stephen Amell.
Who is King playing in Grosse Pointe Garden Society, and where else do you know her from?
According to Deadline, King’s character is unhappily married. She’s also the mother of two young children and a realtor. The garden society helps her ignore her loneliness thanks to a juicy secret.
King is likely best known for her role as Michaela Pratt in the ABC thriller How to Get Away with Murder, starring alongside Viola Davis for the show’s entire six-season run. Prior to her breakout role, she played Cassandra Kopelson in the medical Emily Owens M.D. opposite Justin Hartley and Mamie Gummer.
She also recently starred alongside Brie Larson in the Apple TV+ limited series Lessons in Chemistry. Her film roles include The Upside, alongside Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart, the romantic drama Slyvie’s Love, and the lead role in A Girl from Mogadishu.
