Alba’s last regular TV run was back in the 2000-2002 Fox sci-fi/action series, Dark Angel, though she banked appearances on shows such as Entourage, The Office, The Spoils of Babylon and Barely Famous. Nancy is an Army veteran who joined the military police because women weren’t allowed in combat, spent a decade in Iraq and Afghanistan and is now raising two preteen kids with her husband. Jessica Alba plays LAPD detective Nancy McKenna, the partner to Gabrielle Union’s DEA agent Syd Burnett.
She also fielded TV runs on City of Angels, the short-lived Night Stalker reboot series and Flashforward. Long before that, she cut her teeth in teen fare and a 1997 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine guest role before finding film success with roles in (Heath Ledger breakout film) 10 Things I Hate About You, the original Bring it On and, of course, Bad Boys 2. She’s recently been seen in films such as The Birth of a Nation, Almost Christmas and Sleepless.
– There’s no word yet on whether original film series director Michael Bay will be involved.įor Union, the starring role in a Bad Boys spinoff series is a timely opportunity, with her BET drama series Being Mary Jane ending with a TV movie finale after a four-season run. Original film producer Jerry Bruckheimer is onboard, joined by Doug Belgrad, both as executive producers, via 2.0 Entertainment and Primary Wave Entertainment. The project was reportedly conceived by Primary Wave Entertainment as a vehicle for client Gabrielle Union. The LA’s Finest pilot was written by Brandon Margolis and Brandon Sonnier, a duo who work for NBC crime drama The Blacklist as writers and producers. These two women don’t agree on much, but they find common ground when it comes to taking on the most dangerous criminals in Los Angeles in this character-driven drama. Paired with a new partner, Nancy McKenna (Jessica Alba), a working mom with an equally complex past, Syd is pushed to examine whether her unapologetic lifestyle might be masking a greater personal secret. The series follows Syd Burnett (Gabrielle Union), last seen in Miami taking down a drug cartel, who has left her complicated past behind to become an LAPD detective. Thus, in the spirit of Bad Boys (with a healthy dollop of Lethal Weapon,) the Peacock Network series will brandish a buddy cop dynamic, except, you know, with a pair of bad girls.
However, her rough approach and brash personality – apparently masking painful secrets – will clash with new partner, Nancy McKenna, who will be played by Jessica Alba. LA’s Finest star Gabriel Union’s appearance as Syd in Bad Boys 2 mostly took place in Miami, but the spinoff will see her make a fresh start in Los Angeles, where she will work as an LAPD detective. However, Marcus and Mike eventually learn that Syd was an undercover DEA agent who was investigating the same Cuban ecstasy ring that they were chasing. Syd happened to be dating Marcus’s police partner, Will Smith’s Mike Lowery respective relationships that surprised both men.
While the Bad Boys buddy cop film franchise, starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, has been dormant since the 2003 sequel, it will finally return in the form LA’s Finest, starring Gabriel Union, who reprises her Bad Boys 2 role as Syd Burnett, the sister of Lawrence’s Marcus Burnett.