Katherine Heigl: 'Knocked Up' Actress Happy About TV Return in CIA Drama

Katherine Heigl expressed excitement over her return to television, Us Weekly reported September 13.

Heigl, who rose to fame as Izzie Stevens on Grey's Anatomy, will once again return to the small screen. She will be starring in an upcoming CIA drama for NBC. Heigl had left Grey's in 2010 to focus on a full time movie career but posted a statement to her website about her joy in returning to television. Her new character will be of a professional tasked to guard the president but will have a complicated love life.

"I have been passionate about, and enthralled by, this project from the moment Hank, Rodney and Bob brought it to me over a year ago. The story is not only compelling and intelligent but a look behind the curtain at the CIA we haven't seen before in film or television. I am thrilled and honored to have been asked to be a part of developing these stories and this character and bringing it all to life. NBC has been a true partner in their passion and support for the show that we've dreamed of making and I could not be happier about joining forces with them. Together, with our brilliant writer Alexi Hawley, I believe we are going to make great television!"

Heigl's statement came days after sources told The Hollywood Reporter that she was difficult to work with. Her attitude and that of her mother Nancy was the reason cited as to why her last few films were failures.