New resident for Wisteria Lane

Actress Vanessa Williams is heading to Wisteria Lane next autumn for a role on 'Desperate Housewives'.

ABC network said she will play a “wicked new housewife” as the series enters its seventh season.

Williams will hit the neighbourhood fresh from performing in the Broadway musical Sondheim on Sondheim, which runs until June. She starred in the recently concluded TV series 'Ugly Betty'.

Ongoing stars of 'Desperate Housewives' include Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross and Eva Longoria Parker.