90210 Elects Brandy For Recurring Role

Brandy is headed to 90210 for a major recurring role in Season 4, TVLine.com. reports.

The 32-year-old Grammy winner has signed on to play a charismatic young politician running for Congress against the conservative uncle of Teddy (Trevor Donovan). Her character, Marissa Jackson-Lewis, is described as a cross between Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama, according to TVLine. Marissa hires Silver (Jessica Stroup) to make a campaign video to boost the youth vote.

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The singer-actress is best known to TV fans as Moesha from the long-running UPN sitcom of the same name. She also guest-starred in four episodes of Drop Dead Diva earlier this year and competed on the 11th season of ABC's Dancing with the Stars.

Season 4 of 90210 premieres on Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 9/8c.