Tricia Helfer Reunites With Battlestar's Ron Moore for 17th Precinct

After starring in Ron Moore's space opera Battlestar Galactica, Tricia Helfer is reteaming with him for a fantasy cop drama, TV Guide has confirmed.

The actress is joining the cast of his NBC pilot, 17th Precinct. The Sony TV-produced drama centers on the cops in the town of Excelsior, where magic reigns. Helfer will play the necromancer Morgana, the precinct's coroner. Deadline first reported the news.

Battlestar Galactica's Jamie Bamber, Ron Moore to reunite on NBC

Fellow Battlestar alums James Callis and Jamie Bamber have also been cast, along with Stockard Channing.

Helfer recently made a guest appearance on ABC's No Ordinary Family and was a regular on TNT's cop drama Dark Blue.