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Hilarie Burton looks so different in her role as Lucille in this sneak peek of The Walking Dead‘s season 11.

The 37-year-old actress is set to recur on the final season of the hit AMC show, as Negan’s deceased wife.

The news of her role in the upcoming episodes was revealed earlier this month.

Lucille was married to Negan (played by Hilarie‘s real life husband Jeffrey Dean Morgan) prior to the end of the world, and she was battling cancer.

Hilarie‘s character did ultimately pass away, however, it was just as the zombie virus beginning to spread and she was reanimated as a walker.

AMC just released a sneak peek of the upcoming “bonus” episodes of the show, and if you blink, you might miss Hilarie‘s appearance.

The Walking Dead will return on February 28, 2021 on AMC.

Here’s what Hilarie and Jeffrey did during the pandemic…

Hilarie Burton has joined the final season of The Walking Dead.

The 38-year-old actress is set to star as the late wife to her real life husband, Jeffrey Dean Morgan‘s character, Negan.

ComicBook.com revealed that AMC announced that Hilarie would play Lucille in a special episode.

In the comics, Negan was married to a woman named Lucille prior to the end of the world, and she was battling cancer.

Negan was depicted as having an extramarital affair, but after Lucille’s diagnosis, he began to spend as much time with his wife as possible, and he called off his affair.

Lucille did pass away, however, it was just as the zombie virus beginning to spread and she was reanimated as a walker.

The Walking Dead is expected to return for six more episodes before wrapping up the series on the network.

But there is a spinoff coming!

Hilarie Burton and Jeffrey Dean Morgan revealed a cute little tidbit about their oldest child, Gus.

During the most recent episode of Friday Night In With The Morgans on AMC, the married couple were speaking to his former The Walking Dead co-star Sonequa Martin-Green, and her husband Kenric Green, who are expecting their second child soon.

As Sonequa and Kenric explained, their first child, Kenric Justin II, has been calling his unborn sister “cute strawberry” which caused Hilarie and Jeffrey to remember what Gus wanted to name his own sister, George, before she was born.

Jeffrey and Hilarie revealed that Gus though “Limousine” was the most beautiful word he could think of.

In another interview, the couple opened up about how long their quarantine show could possibly go on for.

“It’s very bittersweet,” Hilarie shared. “We love spending every Friday night together at home and catching up with friends, but we are also looking forward to getting back into a normal routine like everybody else.”

If you missed it, Hilarie recently opened up about her decision to leave One Tree Hill when she did.

Hilarie Burton left One Tree Hill in season 6 alongside Chad Michael Murray, and doesn’t regret her decision to leave the popular series.

Speaking with former co-star Jana Kramer on her podcast, Whine Down, the 37-year-old actress shared that her character, Peyton’s storyline came to a close just how she liked it.

“I was very happy with that,” Hilarie shared. “Chad and I had been in the pilot and we had been setting up the whole Lucas—Peyton star cross lovers thing the whole time on the show so I was really happy with that happy ending and the marriage and the baby. The family was complete and that’s what both characters were looking for.”

She added that both characters got the “nuclear family that they had always been craving. And frankly, I was a little concerned that if I stayed on the show, it would get messed with for dramatic purposes. Sometimes, it’s better to cut out in a good spot.”

“I don’t regret that at all,” Hilarie added. “I knew that I needed to start something new. It was time. I had a big chip on my shoulder and I just needed to put it down.”

Lucas and Peyton departed the series in season 6 with their baby and weren’t seen on the show after that again.

If you missed it, Hilarie recently reunited with Chad and James Lafferty earlier this year. See the selfie!

Hilarie Burton is recalling the origin of her romance with husband Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

The One Tree Hill alum discussed the first days of dating her future husband, who she officially married last year, in an interview with People.

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“When he came along, he was so sure of himself…I was not a girl anyone pursued. I’ve always been alpha. And Jeffrey was like, ‘You’re going to be my girlfriend,’” she revealed.

“It was so nice to be pursued. He’s a cute dude! And I liked that he knew exactly who he was. His confidence was intoxicating.”

“The ease in which Jeffrey and I were able to live together was a surprise…I think it was really shocking to my family members and friends, because I was always the girl who was very cautious. I’d thought my entire life out, and [moving] was crazy, like, ‘Let’s do it! Let’s run away!’ But it worked out,” she went on to say.

“Jeffrey is the same guy now that he was when I met him. He knew 100 percent who he was and that was a delight. Because I could be the one who could experiment. Being with someone so solid allowed me to grow.”

The two recently came up with a pretty great idea for a quarantine movie. Find out what they’re thinking…

Hilarie Burton and Jeffrey Dean Morgan have a pretty good idea for a new Lifetime Christmas movie.

The couple, who spoke on SiriusXM’s EW Live to promote their AMC show Friday Night In With the Morgans, had been chatting about her own Lifetime movie that was scheduled to start in May when the idea of a quarantine Christmas movie came up.

“We’d been doing our development and writing all winter, and it’s going to be a change,” she shared. “I’ve been pushing for Lifetime to do some more unscripted kind of stuff. We had done an unscripted special when we did our big One Tree Hill reunion Christmas movie and that did well!”

Hilarie added that “people like connecting with people who make these Christmas movies. So perhaps we’ll switch over to some unscripted stuff this year, and then next year we will start filming as soon as we get the green light and it will be an avalanche of Christmas. I promise.”

Jeffrey chimed in that “hopefully you have time between now and December to get one done…But we just don’t know. I still have hope that you’ll save Christmas somehow.”

He added that “maybe you do a Christmas movie doing quarantining and social distancing…How do people fall in love and sell Christmas trees…when you can’t see people?”

“Or you fall in love in quarantine, and Christmas is the first time you see the person! That’s it!!!” Hilarie said.

“We cracked it. We’ll shoot it here on the farm!”

She added, “Done! Christmas 2020, brought to you by the Morgans!”

Sounds like a great movie to us!

Hilarie Burton is putting her love on display for husband Jeffrey Dean Morgan as she celebrates his birthday on Instagram.

“There’s a whole heap of people out there who love @jeffreydeanmorgan,” the 37-year-old actress writes, stating the absolute truth about The Walking Dead star. “He’s a person who is electric, dynamic. He laughs hard and can curse a blue streak, and has a heart bigger than most.”

She continues, “He takes on responsibility and fights for others, and works hard. And then he comes home and doesn’t rest…he’s the pony that our kids hop on. He’s the cuddler of donkeys. He’s the dreamer who pulls a log out of the woods and makes a table or art or mountains of firewood.”

“But to me, he is the only person who’s opinion matters,” Hilarie adds. “I met him when I was 26, and he saw me for who I wanted to be. And then he kicked down every obstacle to get us here.”

“Happy Birthday, Jeffrey. You make everything better.”

In her slideshow, Hilarie also shares rare pics of her and Jeffrey‘s kids, Gus and George.

If you didn’t know, Hilarie and Jeffrey were set up by this other actor!