Meg Donnelly, Supergirl Of The Animated Tomorrowverse, Will Screen Test For DC Universe Iteration
Milly Alcock and Emilia Jones are the other two reported actresses that will also be screen tested
DC Studios is reportedly leaning toward screen-testing actresses to play Kara Zor-El aka Supergirl in the new DC Universe, likely starting off with a cameo before she stars in her own movie, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. One of the three actresses named in the report is more experienced for the role than one might expect.
Meg Donnelly is probably best known as Addison in the Disney Channel Original Movie trilogy Zombies, but also starred for five seasons on the ABC sitcom American Housewife and most recently on the multiversal Supernatural prequel The Winchesters, airing for a single season on The CW. Her most relevant credit is voicing the iteration of Supergirl in the current direct-to-video DC animated movie universe known as the Tomorrowverse. The character debuted in Legion of Super-Heroes and has subsequently become Harbinger for Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths, the first part of which was released Tuesday with two more to come over the course of the year. It would be quite the unique path for the 23-year-old actress.
There are two other two actresses in the running for Kara Zor-El. First is Australian actress Milly Alcock, also 23, who was primarily doing Australian movies and series before being cast as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen on HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon. Emilia Jones, 21, has appeared in Best Picture winner CODA, and been the star of Netflix’s Locke & Key, but in her younger years was the Queen of Years Merry Gejelh, nearly sacrificed to the Old God in the Eleventh Doctor story “The Rings of Akhaten” in series 7 of Doctor Who.
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow was the fourth-named film in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Universe, in a slate announced nearly a year ago. It is based on Tom King's comic book series from 2022. Said Gunn at the time, "We see the difference between Superman who was sent to Earth and raised by loving parents from the time he was an infant, versus Supergirl who was raised on a rock, a chip off Krypton, and watched everyone around her die and be killed in terrible ways for the first 14 years of her life, and then came to Earth when she was a young girl… she's not exactly the Supergirl we're used to seeing." The director search is still ongoing, but Ana Nogueira was brought on to write in November.
