'Off The Map' star joins NBC pilot

Rachelle Lefevre has signed up for a lead role in NBC drama pilot The Crossing.

The project will focus on Jason, a Civil War soldier who crosses the country and is hailed as the saviour of a complicated town in Missouri.

Deadline reports that Lefevre will play a war widow named Anna who embarks on an affair with Jason. The casting is believed to be in second position to her current role on ABC medical drama Off the Map.

The actress previously appeared in the first two Twilight films and has featured in episodes of CSI, How I Met Your Mother and Bones.

It was previously reported that Claire Wellin had signed up for a role in The Crossing, which has been written by Northern Exposure scribe Josh Brand. Aaron Kaplan will serve as executive producer.