“Dexter” keeps adding bodies; Maria Doyle Kennedy joins the cast

By Eric Walkuski

Posted 16 years ago

Last Updated on July 23, 2021

Yesterday came the news that Shawn Hatosy has been added to the fifth season of Showtime’s killer series “Dexter”; the actor joins the recently announced Julia Stiles and the returning Julie Benz. The producers aren’t quite done however; Deadline.com reveals that Ireland-bred Maria Doyle Kennedy (pictured above) has also come aboard the show, which stars Michael C. Hall as a serial killer with a heart of gold.

Kennedy will play an Irish nanny hired by Dexter… and that’s all the info available; details about the season are understandably being kept under wraps. One thing we do know is that there will not be a “big bad” ala John Lithgow in Season 4.

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