In the first episode, Raelle (played by Taylor Hickson), Abigail (Ashley Nicole Williams), and Tally (Jessica Sutton) leave their homes to begin training at Fort Salem as they prepare for war college. They each come from different backgrounds, with different reasons for joining the military, but together they'll take on a powerful terrorist group called The Spree: an organization responsible for mass murder.Motherland: Fort Salem Newcomer Ashley Nicole Williams only has a couple of other film credits to her nameon IMDb From there, things get even more interesting – Selena doesn't just portray a high school student, but she takes on several other roles, including a teacher, her mother,and but the 21-year-old Dallas, Texas native has been acting since she was a child who took acting classes with Cathryn Sullivan (best known for coaching celebrities like Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato). InMotherland: Fort Salemshe enters the world with a bang.