Olesya Rulin shines on stage as she speaks during the Hollywood & Highland Center and One Heartland‘s Holiday of Hope tree lighting celebration on Saturday evening (November 28) in Hollywood.

The 23-year-old actress has been cast in a new FOX comedy titled, Keep Hope Alive.

From My Name Is Earl creator Greg Garcia, the series which centers on Jimmy (Lucas Neff), a 25-year-old man raising an infant with the help of his quirky family after the mother of the baby, with whom he had a one-night stand, ends up on death row.

Olesya will play a smart waitress whom Jimmy considers the perfect woman to help him raise his daughter.

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