1.0TVWisehttps://www.tvwise.co.ukPatrick Munnhttps://www.tvwise.co.uk/author/Patrick Munn/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="MVQiavnZmg"><a href="https://www.tvwise.co.uk/2015/01/melissa-benoist-set-lead-cbs-supergirl/">Melissa Benoist Set As Lead In CBS’ ‘Supergirl’</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.tvwise.co.uk/2015/01/melissa-benoist-set-lead-cbs-supergirl/embed/#?secret=MVQiavnZmg" width="600" height="338" title="“Melissa Benoist Set As Lead In CBS’ ‘Supergirl’” — TVWise" data-secret="MVQiavnZmg" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://www.tvwise.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Melissa-Benoist-FT.jpg779400Melissa Benoist, whose previous credits include Glee, The Good Wife and Homeland, has been tapped to play the lead role in the CBS' superhero project 'Supergirl', which hails from Warner Bros. Television and Greg Berlanti's studio based Berlanti Productions.