Actress Amy Jackson will be joining the cast of Supergirl Season 3. The CW announced via Twitter that the British-born Bollywood star would be taking on the role of Imra Ardeen, aka Saturn Girl.
.@iamAmyJackson joins Supergirl as Saturn Girl! The new season returns October 9 on The CW. pic.twitter.com/aHky4r3zNA
— Supergirl (@TheCWSupergirl) September 25, 2017
Fans of the comics will recognize Saturn Girl as the telepathic founding member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, the 30th-Century superhero team that defends the worlds of the United Planets. Though the Legion itself hasn’t been outright shown, this is not the first Legion reference on Supergirl. A Legion flight-ring was shown in Superman’s Fortress of Solitude in Season 1, and Season 2 saw Mon-El – another member of the comic book team – join the show as a recurring character.
It is important to note that the official character bio for Saturn Girl does not specifically reference the Legion of Super-Heroes, but Jackson’s casting does demonstrate the CW’s willingness to utilize those characters, and that Supergirl is ready to delve deeper into the 30th-Century world of superheroes.
