DEXTER Actress Joins VAMPIRE DIARIES

Courtney Ford — best known to TV geeks like you and me as John Lithgow’s misguided daughter who played her boyfriend Joey Quinn (Desmond Harrington) in the hopes of gaining her serial killer pops’ approval on DEXTER — is joining THE VAMPIRE DIARIES.

Warner Brothers confirms that Ford — who, incidentally, is married to SUPERMAN RETURNS star Brandon Routh — has nabbed the role of Vanessa, a grad student at Duke who will help Damon, Elena and Alaric tear through Isobel’s old research, as EW.com first reported.

TVD executive producer Kevin Williamson told EW’s Michael Ausiello that Vanessa may be harboring a secret or two, hinting that the role could expand into a very meaty (bloody and rare) part, should it play out properly.

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