Jessica Lucas Lands Lead On The CW’s Melrose Place

Jessica Lucas has landed a lead role on The CW’s new Melrose Place. She will play Melrose Place resident Riley Richmond, a wealthy and beautiful 24-year-old who works as an inner-city elementary school teacher. She is engaged to Jonah (Michael Rady) but has second thoughts about marrying him.

Lucas recurred on the first season of The CW’s 90210, an update of the original Fox series that was spun off into the original Melrose Place. She joins previously cast Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Katie Cassidy.