Piper Perabo, Peter Gallagher, Eion Bailey et al. To Star in USA Series Covert Affairs

Piper Perabo and Peter Gallagher will star in Covert Affairs, a new series for USA Network, according to published reports. The show is scheduled to launch during the summer of 2010.

In the series, Perabo plays Annie Walker, a multilingual CIA trainee unexpectedly promoted to field operative even as she copes with dealing with a mysterious ex-boyfriend, played by Eion Bailey, who appears to be of particular interest to her agency bosses. The cast for the series also includes Christopher Gorham, Kari Matchett, and Anne Dudek.

Perabo made her Broadway debut last year in Neil LaBute’s reasons to be pretty. On screen, she’s been seen in such films as Cheaper by the Dozen, The Lazarus Project, and Because I Said So.

Gallagher has starred on Broadway in shows such as the original production of Grease, A Doll’s Life, and the revivals of Guys and Dolls, Noises Off, and The Country Girl. His many film and television credits include Sex, Lies, & Videotape, American Beauty, and The O.C..