Melissa Ponzio To Recur On NBC’s ‘Chicago Fire; Kevin Ryan Joins ‘Crossbones’

Melissa Ponzio has booked a recurring role on NBC’s firefighter drama Chicago Fire.  She will play Donna, a love interest to Chief Wallace Boden (Eamonn Walker).  Ponzio, repped by Domain and Kass Management, recently recurred on The Walking Dead and Teen Wolf.

Copper alum Kevin Ryan is set to recur on another NBC hourlong series, the upcoming Crossbones.  On the pirate drama, he will play Finnegan, a heavily-tattooed, hard and solemn pirate with a scar across one eye, who becomes involved with Blackbeard (John Malkovich). Ryan is with Mosaic, Resolution and attorney David Matlof.