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Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards), <em>Arrow</em>

When Emily Bett Rickards took the role of Felicity Smoak on The CW’s

, it was pitched as a one episode guest spot. But the second the producers saw her chemistry with Stephen Amell’s Oliver Queen — not to mention the humor she added to a rather dark show — they knew she’d be sticking around. The role had an option to recur, and recur it did, right up until the show was renewed for season 2, at which point Rickards was signed as a series regular. Flash forward to season 3, and Oliver and Felicity are riding off into the sunset … literally. —

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