‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay’ News: Michelle Forbes Joins Cast

‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay’ News: Michelle Forbes Joins Cast
Michelle Forbes arrives at the LA premiere for the third season of "Game of Thrones" at the TCl Chinese Theatre on Monday, March 18, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Zachary Stieber
5/6/2014
Updated:
7/18/2015

Michelle Forbes has joined the cast of the upcoming “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay.”

The addition to The Hunger Games saga was previously announced to be broken into two parts, which are being filmed at the same time but being released a year apart.

Forbes will star in the latter part, which will hit theaters on November 20, 2015. The first part will come out on November 21, 2014.

Forbes appeared in Battlestar Galactica as Admiral Helena Cain, the officer who clashed with Commander William Adama.

She has also appeared on a range of other shows, including True Blood, Chicago Fire, and The Killing.

Forbes will play Lieutenant Jackson in Hunger Games, reported The Hollywood Reporter.

Jackson is a soldier from District 13, the rebel district of the futuristic society Panem.