American Horror Story star Emma Roberts cast in Netflix's figure skating series, Spinning Out

Los Angeles: Actor Emma Roberts has been cast as the lead in Netflix’s ice skating drama series Spinning Out. [caption id=“attachment_5368181” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Emma Roberts. Image via Facebook[/caption] According to a press release by the streaming giant, the 27-year-old actor will play Kat Baker, an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with a talented bad-boy partner, she risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that could unravel her entire life. Samantha Stratton and Lara Olsen will serve as co-showrunners and executive producers on the project. Tory Tunnell and Joby Harold of Safehouse Pictures will also executive produce the show. Roberts is currently featuring on FX's _American Horror Story,_  where she has been a regular cast member in the Ryan Murphy anthology.