Scandal Casts The Strain's Mia Maestro in Season 5 Mystery Role

The Strain alumna Mia Maestro has a Scandal on her hands.

The actress has joined the ABC drama in a major recurring role for Season 5, our sister site Deadline reports.

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The details of Maestro’s character are being kept under wraps.

Maestro recurred on the Alphabet net’s Alias as the sister of Sydney Bristow. She has also appeared on Hannibal and White Collar.

Scandal returns Thursday, Sept. 24 at 9/8c.

Scandal fans, got any thoughts/theories/premonitions about the top-secret role? Hit the comments!

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