"Heroes' " Claire Bennet is off to college.

The undestructable high school cheerleader will soon be hitting the books on a college campus where she will cross paths with a quirky student played by Madeline Zima.

"Californication" co-star Zima has been tapped to recur on the NBC drama's upcoming fourth season.

In a multi-episode arc she will play Gretchen, an edgy outsider and college roommate to Claire (Hayden Panettiere).

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"All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct." -- Carl Sagan

I'm actually hoping that they DON'T give her an ability. I honestly get a little bored with the whole ability idea when everyone anyone comes across just happens to be "gifted".
Make her normal, make her just an annoying roommate. Make her only ability is to turn men's heads!

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"Too Soon from the Cave, Too Far from the Stars"