Power's Naturi Naughton to star ABC hip-hop pilot Queens

Deadline

She'll serve as co-lead along with Eve on the drama pilot about four estranged and out-of-touch former members of a 1990s girl group called the Nasty Bitches who reunite in their 40s in an attempt to recapture their fame. Naughton plays Jill, aka Da Thrill, a founding member of the Nasty Bitches. "Da Thrill lived fast, had rugged rhymes and a troubling drug habit," according to Deadline. "Today, Jill couldn’t be more put together. She’s a devout Catholic living a quiet life in Montana with her husband. But everything isn’t as idyllic as it seems. Jill is haunted by past secrets." Naughton, like Eve, has experience as a member of a girl group, having been part of the Platinum selling pop trio 3LW. "Naughton opted to do Queens having been sought for multiple TV projects coming off six seasons of Starz’s flagship drama Power and a season of the successful offshoot Power Book II: Ghost, playing Tasha St. Patrick," reports Deadline's Nellie Andreeva. "While Naughton is no longer a series regular on Power Book II: Ghost after Tasha went into Witness Protection in the Season 1 finale, Naughton is set to reprise her role in some fashion down the road."