Well she's part of the main cast, although there's quite a handful of them overall. In this pilot she's not featured as much as others are, but once the show gets started it'll switch around from character to character. I definitely think it's worth your time to at least check out the pilot for yourself to see if it's your cuppa tea or not, illogical reasons about certain actors aside and all. ;)

I don't know, I haven't heard any news as of yet. But I'm crossing my fingers!