Audra McDonald (Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Broadway fave and former “Private Practice” star Audra McDonald has signed on as the latest guest star heading to “The Good Wife”

McDonald will play the former nemesis of Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies) from their days as students at Georgetown Law School. According to The Hollywood Reporter, she’ll return to “complicate” Alicia’s life when she faces her old rival in a new showdown in the courtroom

McDonald is currently scheduled for just one episode, but there is the potential for a recurring storyline.

Other guest stars among this fourth season include Matthew Perry, Michael J. Fox, Maura Tierney, Christina Ricci, Kristin Chenowith and Nathan Lane.

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