Peggy Carter just got a new friend, as Lyndsy Fonseca has joined the cast of Marvel's Agent Carter. Marvel.com broke the news, revealing the Kick-Ass and Nikita alum will play Angie Martinelli, described as an aspiring actress who befriends Peggy. My fellow Nikita fans know that Fonseca more than held her own through that show's impressive actions scenes. We'll see if her role on Agent Carter .

Based on the one-shot on the Iron Man 3 DVD, the drama, from showrunners Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas (Resurrection), stars Hayley Atwell and takes place a year after the events of Captain America: The First Avenger. It follows Steve Rogers' (Chris Evans) girlfriend Agent Carter (Atwell) as she builds her career as a secret agent while the hero is frozen in ice. 

In Agent Carter, she joins a cast that includes Dominic Cooper, who will reprise his role as Howard Stark, as well asChad Michael Murray, Enver Gjokaj, James D'Arcy and Shea Whigham. From ABC Studios and Marvel Television, Agent Carterwill fill the gap between the first and second half of Agents of SHIELD's sophomore run during the winter. A formal premiere date has not yet been determined.