Katie Cassidy is back on ARROW, but not the same as you’d think. She’ll be returning as a series regular for season 6 as Black Siren!

Guess who’s back on Arrow? Katie Cassidy will be returning to Arrow for season 6 as a series regular, but not as Laurel Lance. She will be returning as Black Siren.

Cassidy’s character Laurel Lance was sadly killed off last season, but she signed on to appear across the DC universe portfolio of shows in a guest capacity. She returned as a guest star for the midseason premiere of season 5 of Arrow and will return for the last two episodes of season 5.

Arrow‘s executive producer Marc Guggenheim had several things to say about Cassidy returning:

One of the things that most excites us about Arrow is that we go where the story takes us. Last year, the story took us to the tragic death of Laurel Lance. This year, our midseason finale reintroduced us to Laurel’s doppelgänger, Black Siren. We were so taken by Katie’s fearless interpretation of this character that we knew her story was not yet finished. We couldn’t be more thrilled to welcome Katie back to Arrow as Black Siren, though as her appearances on Arrow and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow this season show, she never really left the family.

Cassidy is repped by CAA, Anonymous Content, and Jackoway Tyerman.

Arrow airs Wednesdays at 8pm on The CW.

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