'Scream Queens' Cast Welcomes Nasim Pedrad

The comic joins Lea Michele, Nick Jonas, Ariana Grande and more on the Fox fall series

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Published on March 10, 2015 05:55PM EDT
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From comedy queen to Scream Queens: Nasim Pedrad is joining Ryan Murphy‘s latest star-studded series.

The Saturday Night Live vet, who made the jump to FOX last fall to join the cast of Mulaney, has been confirmed as a series regular in the drama about a college campus shaken to its core by a string of murders.

Pedrad joins a number of high-profile cast members, including Joe Manganiello, Lea Michele, Ariana Grande, Nick Jonas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Emma Roberts, Abigail Breslin, Keke Palmer and Billie Lourd (aka Carrie Fisher’s daughter).

Executive produced by the minds behind Glee and American Horror Story – Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan and Dante Di Loreto – Scream Queens heads to FOX this fall.

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