If Dana Delany is suddenly the busiest actress in Hollywood (or at least Wisteria Lane) you might blame it on her pal, “Castle” star Nathan Fillion.

Fillion, who played Delany’s husband on “Desperate Housewives,” drafted his former Emmy date Delaney to co-star as an FBI agent on “Castle.”  This appearance on the popular ABC show has only led to even more opportunities.

“I blame it all on Nathan,” Delany told Popcornbiz of the her two-part “Castle” turn which completes tonight and the life-changing gigs that that have followed.

First there was the “Castle” appearance. “He called me in December and asked me to come on,” she says. “I was surprised because I thought I already had a job.”

ABC was happy to have the “Desperate Housewives” star appear on “Castle.” as a guest.  “And when they saw the dailies from ‘Castle,’ they decided I’d be good in this new show we have,” says Delaney.

So now she’s shooting a pilot, “Body of Evidence” in Rhode Island where she plays a medical examiner. Her disappearance from “Desperate Housewives” has been explained by a trip to Paris.

If the “Evidence” pilot is picked up in May: “Then I’ll have a new job,” says Delany. “If not, I’ll be back in Wisteria Lane.”

Delany will join her “Desperate” castmates on April 7 for a “Child Hunger Ends Here” rally which she is organizing on the famous television set. The busiest star will be packing food bags for hungry kids and encouraging others to do the same.

“I’m a little busy these days,” she laughed. “I could actually use a little vacation.”

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