British starlet Lucy Punch, best known for comedic turns in the films Hot Fuzz, Take Me Home Tonight, and the upcoming Cameron Diaz vehicle Bad Teacher, is set to play the female lead in the FX superhero pilot “Powers.”

“Powers” is the name of the civilian police force assigned to investigating crimes involving people with super powers. The pilot, directed by Michael Dinner (“The Wonder Years”) and penned by Charles Eglee (“Dark Angel”), is based on the comic book series created by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming.

Punch will play Deena Pilgrim, a rookie detective working  the murder of a super-powered celeb Retro Girl. Charles Dutton (Legion) costars as homicide head Captain Cross. Sony Pictures Television and Circle of Confusion (“The Walking Dead”) are producing.