Back in July, Mekia Cox joined the cast of Once Upon a Time Season 7 to play Princess Tiana in a recurring capacity, but now she’s here to stay.
Once Upon a Time has had a bad habit of neglecting series regulars before, but here’s hoping it learned its lesson and will make better use of Princess Tiana this year.
Once Upon a Time returns Friday, Oct. 6 at 8/7c on ABC.
Deadline reported this morning that Cox has officially been promoted to a series regular, meaning we’ll be seeing a lot more of her than just a short arc at the top of the season.