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Confirmed: Melissa Benoist is Supergirl!

The photos that she dyed her hair blonde last week may have been the biggest clue of all, but now, it’s confirmed:

Melissa Benoist, who played “Marley” on Glee, will be TV’s new Supergirl for CBS, hopefully this fall!

This isn’t Benoist’s first brush with superhero-dom. In a Glee episode, she actually wore a costume as a “woman fierce” as you can see below:

Celebrate this news by following our @KryptonSite Twitter feed and come talk about it on our Supergirl forum!

Craig Byrne

Craig Byrne has been writing about Superman TV since 1995, when the "Lois & Clark Krypton Club" launched. He founded KryptonSite.com in February 2001, becoming the first fan site for The WB/CW television series Smallville. He also wrote the Official Companion books for Smallville seasons 4-7 as well as the Smallville Visual Guide.

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  • Go luck on becoming Supergirl. I hope that CBS will give the OK to your series. I can't wait to see what you will look in your Supergirl costume.

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