Archie Panjabi goes for action in Blindspot role

Archie Panjabi of The Good Wife is getting back into series TV with Blindspot and out of her comfort zone.

"I have always wanted to do an action-based TV show," she says. When contacted about the NBC drama, "my first reaction was, 'Gosh, I'd be terrified to do something like that,' which is why I finally decided I wanted to do it."

Panjabi, who played investigator Kalinda Sharma on CBS' The Good Wife, was asked at a TV critics' meeting on Tuesday if her recurring Blindspot character would carry Kalinda's air of mystery. The actress was suitably mysterious in her reply, saying she didn't want to "give away too much". But she did throw out some adjectives.