Soul Food alumna Nicole Ari Parker has been cast in a recurring role on Fox's new fall drama series Rosewood, starring Morris Chestnut as famous Miami private pathologist Dr. Beaumont Rosewood Jr. Parker will play Rosewood's attractive and successful new girlfriend Kat Crawford, a highly sought-after psychologist specializing in PTSD who often counsels police, soldiers and others who regularly encounter violence.

Parker currently toplines alongside her husband, actor Boris Kodjoe, syndicated daytime talker The Boris & Nicole Show, which is getting a summer test run on Fox stations. The actress, repped by Gersh and LINK Entertainment, recently recurred on TNT's Murder In The First.