NBC’s Chicago Fire has cast KaDee Strickland (Private Practice, Cruel Summer) for a recurring role in Season 13. The new season will premiere September 25 at 8 p.m. on NBC and the following day on Peacock.

She will play Monica Pascal, the estranged wife of new Fire Chief Dom Pascal (Dermot Mulroney). As Deadline reported in July, Mulroney joined the popular firefighting drama as Boden’s (Eamonn Walker) successor after he left his regular role in the Season 12 finale.

Before Boden was promoted to Deputy Commissioner of the Chicago Fire Department, he selected Christopher Herrmann (David Eigenberg) as his successor. Dom Pascal’s arrival would throw a wrench into that plan, and earlier this month, Eigenberg shared with Deadline why Herrmann might have turned down the opportunity.

“I would say he felt like the rug was pulled out of him because I don’t think [Herrmann] understood what the Chief was telling him,” he shared during NBC’s TCA segment. “In the real fire service, there are firefighters who remain firefighters throughout their entire career. So when you become a Lieutenant, you’re not called a firefighter. You’re a firefighter, but you’re not called that anymore.”

He continued, “With Herrmann, I think he would be happy to stay a firefighter. If they decide to make him an officer, that’s great because he can lead, but I don’t know if there’s a natural, organic progression for that character to take that position.” So we’ll have to see how the writers handle that.”

As for Boden, there are rumors that he could make a return appearance on Chicago Fire to show off his new uniform. Things are still up in the air, but plans are being made for how things might play out, and it looks like Walker will be back as a guest star.

Chicago Fire also stars Taylor Kinney, Miranda Rae Mayo, Joe Miñoso, Christian Stolte, Daniel Kyri, Hanako Greensmith, and Jocelyn Hudon.

The executive producers are Dick Wolf, Andrea Newman, Matt Whitney, Reza Tabrizi, and Peter Jankowski. The series is produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Wolf Entertainment.

Strickland recently co-starred in the Freeform anthology series Cruel Summer. She previously co-starred in Shut Eye, opposite Jeffrey Donovan. She is best known for her role as Charlotte King on the ABC medical drama Private Practice during its six-season run. Additional television work includes ABC’s Secrets and Lies and the David E. Kelley series The Wedding Bells on Fox.

On the film front, Strickland most recently starred in the independent films Time Capsule and Grand Isle. Other film credits include The Grudge, Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys, The Flock, Fever Pitch, Something’s Gotta Give, The Sixth Sense, Girl, Interrupted, and American Gangster.