True Blood is introducing the woman who gave life to late werewolf packmaster Marcus, and they found one tough mother to play her.

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My Name is Earl character actress Dale Dickey — who knows a thing or two about channeling formidable, backwoods matriarchs (see: her acclaimed, award-winning performance in last year’s Winter’s Bone) — is joining the HBO hit as Annie, Marcus’ werewolf mother.

Powerful and respected within the pack due to her late son’s position, Annie is determined to perform a particular ritual. Might said ritual involve making Alcide pay for whacking her demon spawn?

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Dickey is set to recur throughout TB‘s upcoming fifth season.