How ‘FBI’ Star Missy Peregrym Shaped Maggie’s Foster Mom Story Arc

“I’m so happy that they were open to expanding my character in this direction,” the actress tells TheWrap

Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell and Rose Decker as Ella Blake in "FBI"
Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell and Rose Decker as Ella Blake in "FBI" (CREDIT: Bennett Raglin/CBS)

This season on “FBI,” Missy Peregrym’s character Maggie Bell was already considering IVF to become a single mother, and, after the events of last week’s “Unforeseen” episode, she’s now the sole guardian to a late friend’s young daughter.

Ahead of Tuesday night’s episode, TheWrap spoke with Peregrym about the impetus for the story arc and how it allows the actress to show “more of my feminine maternal side.”

Peregrym, who is a mother of two in real life, discussed how seriously Maggie takes the duty of caring for Ella (Rose Decker) whose mother Jessica (Charlotte Sullivan) died unexpectedly after temporarily entrusting her child to her best friend.

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