Poorna Jagannathan joins Hulu's 'Young Americans' pilot

Deadline reports Jagannathan has been cast as a series regular in Hulu's 'Young Americans' pilot. She will play Maya Washburn, a senator whose son falls for the president's daughter. Natalia Leite is set to direct the pilot, which centers on students at an elite Washington, D.C., school and the political ambitions of their parents.