Black Lightning is the next DC TV show coming to The CW.
Deadline is reporting that China Anne McClain (House of Payne), will be playing the role of Jennifer Pierce and Nafessa Williams (Code Black where she previously worked with C. Williams), will play Anissa Pierce on Black Lightning.
She is an accomplished student fixated on justice, whereas Anissa is an adult who’s in medical school and working part-time at her father’s school.
Per DC Comics continuity, Pierce’s daughters Jennifer and Anissa follow in their father’s footsteps and become superheroes in their own right – the duo known as Thunder and Lightning.