The spinoff of 'Grey's Anatomy' set in Texas chooses Karla Souza for the leading role

The next spinoff of Grey’s Anatomy found its leading man and it's a familiar face to ABC's Shondaland world.

The Mexican actress Karla Souza will star in the next series, giving life to Carolina “Lina” Hall, a doctor described as “tormented and cynical”, who runs a health center in a small town in West Texas (via THR).

The spinoff is planned begin filming in early 2027 and will be part of the ABC programming for the 2027-28 season; This represents a change with respect to the network's initial objective, which was to premiere it this season currently in progress.

For Souza, this marks a return to ABC and Shondaland — the production company behind Grey’s Anatomy—, after having previously starred in the legal drama How to Get Away With Murder.

The series—still without an official title—was given the green light by the network in May of this year, with a direct order to make a full season. Shonda Rhimescreator of Grey’sand the current showrunner And Marinis —a native of Texas— are the co-creators and writers of the first episode.

The synopsis of the series describes the medical center, the central axis of the plot, as “the last chance to receive care before entering miles of nowhere”.

The executive producers of the spinoff are Rhimes, Marinis, Ellen Pompeo and Betsy Beers.

In October, Marinis commented on the upcoming series as follows (via THR):

“We're delving into real communities and authentic stories of what's happening in rural West Texas. There's so much going on there that I haven't seen on television… I'm excited to get into that world. It's so different than Grey’s. It is related to Grey’sbut their stories will be different.”

In addition to his role in How to Get Away with MurderSouza's other credits include The fall from Prime Video, for which he won two International Emmy Awards for producing and starring in it, the series 56 Días from the same streamer, in addition to the series Home Economics de ABC, the series Mexico 86 and the movie Day Shift and Netflix, and three of the most successful films in Mexican cinema, Returns are not accepted (2013), We the Nobles (2013) y What is the child's fault? (2016).