The CW's Maverick pilot casts Reina Hardesty as the biracial first daughter of the president of the United States

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The Flash actress, who is Asian and white, will lead the first daughter drama playing Kit, the president's daughter. According to Deadline, "Kit’s character is biracial — as is Hardesty — and Maverick is introducing what is believed to be the first Asian American First Lady on television. (The President on the show is white.)" Here's the premise of Maverick: "In a present day America that finds itself under authoritarian rule, the President’s daughter, Kit (Hardesty) –- raised to believe her father is moral and benevolent -– has her worldview rocked on her first day at Georgetown. Challenged by her fellow students, and under the watchful eye of Secret Service agents, she’ll have to decide if her loyalties lie with her family or with a growing resistance as she navigates her freshman year."