Natalie Zea lands starring role on TV's new drama Members Only... after tying the knot with Travis Schuldt in intimate Hawaiian ceremony

By Heidi Parker

She only became Mrs Travis Schuldt two weeks ago in an intimate ceremony in Kauai, Hawaii.

But there has been even more good news this summer for The Following actress.

On Monday Deadline announced the blonde beauty has landed the coveted starring role on ABC's Members Only, an Upstairs/Downstairs take on an elite Connecticut country club.

She has a new TV show: On Monday Deadline announced Natalie Zea would be starring in the new ABC series Members Only, about the goings on at an elite Connecticut country club

She has a new TV show: On Monday Deadline announced Natalie Zea would be starring in the new ABC series Members Only, about the goings on at an elite Connecticut country club

First wedding photo: The actress with Travis Schuldt during their July 16 nuptials in Kauai, Hawaii

First wedding photo: The actress with Travis Schuldt during their July 16 nuptials in Kauai, Hawaii

'The drama is centered on the club’s leisure-class members and the working-class employees who make the place tick,' the site reported.

'Zea will play the beautiful, pedigreed, well-educated Mickey, the most together member of the club’s founding family.'

R.J. Cutler is directing the series which was created and executive produced by Susannah Grant who wrote the Julia Roberts film Erin Brockovich.

The Texas native has also starred on Under The Dome, Dirty Sexy Money, Justified, Californication and Hung.

At work: The Texas native in a scene with Timothy Olyphant for their FX series Justified

At work: The Texas native in a scene with Timothy Olyphant for their FX series Justified

Zea tied the knot with Scrubs vet Travis - who she met in 2003 while co-starring on the soap opera Passions - in front 18 guests at a rented mansion in Hawaii.

The beauty 'stunned in a long-sleeve white lace gown by Israeli designer Inbal Dror and wore her tousled light locks down, cascading past her shoulders,' her rep told Us.

Travis, who has also worked on It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, wore a Theory suit with a white shirt.

After the ceremony the two enjoyed a luau on the beach. On the menu was Lomi Lomi salmon, sautéed mahi mahi with macadamia nut butter, taro and sweet potato salad, tropical fruit salad and imu style Kalua pork roasted.

A romantic union: The couple, seen in January, married on the same island they became engaged on a year ago

A romantic union: The couple, seen in January, married on the same island they became engaged on a year ago

Dessert consisted of guava cake with buttercream icing for dessert.

Natalie announced her engagement to Travis one year ago. In July she has been dropping hints that the nuptials were near.

'I just realized my wedding dress has been in my trunk for 4 days and I totally forgot about it. #WhereIsMyBrideGene?' the beauty tweetedin late June .

The Justified star added, 'My fiancé & I have a new favorite game: let's see who can make the other one have the most second thoughts. #ImWinning #Marriage,' she wrote.

This is the first marriage for both stars.

Showing off her bling: The Dirty Sexy Money star flashed her diamond engagement ring at the Justified premiere in LA in January

Showing off her bling: The Dirty Sexy Money star flashed her diamond engagement ring at the Justified premiere in LA in January

The rock: Zea told MailOnline she was proposed to in Hawaii

The rock: Zea told MailOnline she was proposed to in Hawaii

In January, the actress - who garnered a cult following after her turn opposite Donald Sutherland on ABC's Dirty Sexy Money in 2007 - first showed off her ring.

While walking the carpet for the LA premiere of her show Justified, the beauty flashed her stunning diamond sparkler.

'The stone is an heirloom from Travis' family,' the actress told MailOnline exclusively at the time. 'He worked with Tacori to design the setting. I had no input at all and was pleasantly shocked by it all.'

The star also told MailOnline she was not aware that her boyfriend was going to pop the question.

'We went to Kaui on vacation and was not expecting the proposal at all,' the Texas native said.

'We were there to just relax. We rented a very private house - the one that James Caan lives in in Honeymoon In Vegas. It was a getaway after a very busy work year on The Following and Justified.'

She added: 'The proposal caught me totally by surprise.'



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