'An African City' and 'School Girls' Star MaameYaa Boafo Lands Role in New NBC Legal Drama

Coming off the heels of a successful run at MCC Theater for School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play, Ghana's own MaameYaa Boafo has secured the network TV bag.

Boafo is set to be a series regular in a NBC legal drama pilot in the works—Bluff City Law, Deadline reports. Starring alongside Jimmy Smits and Caitlin McGee, the series follows the lawyers of an elite Memphis firm that works through the most controversial landmark civil rights cases. Boafo's character is Briana Logan—a private investigator working in the firm.

"Led by legendary lawyer Elijah Strait (Smits) and his brilliant daughter, Sydney Keller (McGee), they take on the toughest David-and-Goliath cases while navigating their complicated relationship," Deadline shares.

If you followed Nicole Amarteifo'sgroundbreaking web series An African City, Boafo is surely a familiar face, where she starred as Nana Yaa as she and four independent African women in their 30s navigate life after returning to Ghana from abroad. Since then, she's been rocking the theatre world in School Girls, which landed her a nomination for a Lucille Lortell Award and for the Los Angeles Drama Circle Award for best actor. She also snagged the Drama Desk award for her role.

Bluff City Law is the show's current working title and was created by Dean Georgaris (The Brave), David Jallonari, Michael Aguilar and Universal TV. Boafo is repped by UTA, Atlas Artists and Frankfurt Kurnit.