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Lorenza Izzo Stars in NBC's New Crime Drama Pilot

3/18/2026

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Lorenza Izzo joins NBC's crime drama pilot What the Dead Know, portraying Det. Danielle Castillo, a computer crimes specialist reassigned to homicide.
The series is based on Barbara Butcher's memoir and follows death investigator Ava Ledger.
The pilot is written by Beth Rinehart and produced by Dick Wolf's Wolf Entertainment.
Izzo is known for Hacks and Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood and will appear in Amazon's El Gato Negro.

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Story summary

Lorenza Izzo joins NBC's crime drama pilot What the Dead Know, portraying Det. Danielle Castillo, a computer crimes specialist reassigned to homicide.
The series is based on Barbara Butcher's memoir and follows death investigator Ava Ledger.
The pilot is written by Beth Rinehart and produced by Dick Wolf's Wolf Entertainment.
Izzo is known for Hacks and Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood and will appear in Amazon's El Gato Negro.