A new superhero is headed to television, and the relatively new DC Comics character is one to watch. Kaci Walfall is debuting in the titular role of Naomi on the new The CW series that premieres next week. Naomi McDuffie’s first comic appearance was in 2019– and she already has a television adaptation.

Executive produced by Ava DuVernay, the series “follows the journey of a cool, confident, comic book-loving teenager as she pursues her hidden destiny. When a supernatural event shakes her hometown of Port Oswego to the core, Naomi sets out to uncover its origins.”

Shadow and Act talked with Walfall about the series ahead of its premiere.

“I did not know the character before I signed onto the show,” she told us. “I’m an avid reader, but I didn’t read comics before Naomi. When I booked the project, I went and I read the comics, and I had the Justice League [comics] and I went to a comic store and I always carry them on me. So, I think her being a fairly new character, there’s so much potential in her, which is why we’re doing this show and so many great things. But I think that it also allows the story to grow and it allows her to grow.”