Nikita stars Maggie Q as ‘Nikita’, Lyndsy Fonseca as ‘Alex’, Shane West as ‘Michael’, Aaron Stanford as ‘Birkhoff’, Ashton Holmes as ‘Thom’, Tiffany Hines as ‘Jaden’, Melinda Clarke as ‘Amanda’ and Xander Berkeley as ‘Percy’.
Nikita is from Warner Bros. Television in association with Wonderland Sound and Vision, with executive producers Craig Silverstein (Bones) , Danny Cannon (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) , McG (Supernatural) and Peter Johnson (Chuck) .
The Toronto-shot pilot, directed by Danny Cannon, prompted the CW network (Smallville) to pick up the show as a series.
“…When she was a deeply troubled teenager, ‘Nikita’ was rescued from death row by a secret US agency known only as ‘Division’, who faked her execution and told her she was being given a second chance to start a new life and serve her country. What they didn’t tell her was that she was being trained as a spy and assassin. Ultimately, Nikita was betrayed and her dreams shattered by the only people she thought she could trust. Now, after three years in hiding, Nikita is seeking retribution and making it clear to her former bosses that she will stop at nothing to expose and destroy their covert operation.
“For the time being, however, Division continues to recruit and train other young people, erasing all evidence of their former lives and turning them into cold and efficient killers. One of these new recruits, ‘Alex’, is just beginning to understand what lies ahead for her and why the legendary Nikita made the desperate decision to run…”
