Sexy Canuck Chelan Simmons is set to star on NBC’s “Hannibal,” an hour-long crime drama chronicling the early days of Hannibal Lecter, the notorious cannibal/serial killer first introduced in the Thomas Harris novels “Red Dragon” and “Silence of the Lambs.”

“Hannibal” stars Mads Mikkelsen as the eponymous villain, Hugh Dancy as FBI agent Will Graham, Aaron Abrams as forensic investigator Brian Zeller, Lawrence Fishburne as Jack Crawford and Caroline Dhavernas as profiler and Crawford love interest Dr. Alana Bloom.

The series is written by Bryan Fuller, creator of the ABC Emmy Award-winning series “Pushing Daisies” and Showtime’s highly underrated “Dead Like Me.”

Simmons genre creds include the hilariously awesome Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, Final Destination 3, Percy Jackson & the Olympians,Malibu Shark Attack and the classic Chupacabra Terror. The soon to be 30-year-old also starred on the sci-fi show “Kyle XY.”