Entertainment Weekly reports that Camp will play the role of Sarah. The new season of the Alan Ball HBO drama will also welcome the arrival of Ashley Jones; the "Bold and the Beautiful" star will play a six-episode arc as a waitress named Daphne.

"Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood," read "True Blood" press notes, "vampires have progressed from legendary monsters to fellow citizens overnight. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain apprehensive about these creatures 'coming out of the coffin.' Religious leaders and government officials around the world have chosen their sides, but in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps, the jury is still out."

The "True Blood" cast also includes Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Nelsan Ellis, Chris Bauer and Carrie Preston.

Anna Camp has been seen on Broadway in Equus and The Country Girl and Off-Broadway in The Scene (Lucille Lortel Award nomination), columbinus, Flesh and the Desert and God Hates the Irish. Her screen credits include "Pretty Bird," "And Then Came Love," "Bottleworld," "Cashmere Mafia" and "Reinventing the Wheelers."

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