Portrait of JoAnna Garcia Swisher
JoAnna Garcia Swisher photographed by David Studarus for Variety at the LA PMC studio on June 27, 2017.
JoAnna Garcia Swisher has signed on for a leading role in the ABC single-camera comedy pilot Happy Accident.
She joins previously announced cast member Matt Walsh. The show follows two Pittsburgh families – father Bud (Walsh) with three adult daughters, and a hotel lounge singer with her med student son – are forced together after a decades-old secret is revealed. Garcia Swisher will play Eleanor Bennett, a professor at Pitt who is also Bud’s oldest daughter.
The casting continues Garcia Swisher’s long relationship with ABC. She has previously starred in ABC shows like “Once Upon a Time,” “Kevin (Probably) Saves the World,” and “The Astronaut Wives Club.” She is also known for roles in shows like “Reba,” “Are You Afraid of the Dark?,” and “Animal Practice.
