Betty Gilpin is seeking anti-algorithm, weird roles – and it's working
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Betty Gilpin is seeking anti-algorithm, weird roles – and it's working

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 22, 202644 min
  • Interview
  • Entertainment

"There's an understandable pull in my industry to make things that are kind of like a gleaming vanilla car commercial, like super safe, super familiar, appeal to the masses. And [then there are] people that are out there who are like, I'm actually going to go the other way,” she tells Fresh Air’s Ann Marie Baldonado. Gilpin won an Emmy for her guest role in the horror-comedy Widow’s Bay, and now she currently stars in the noir series The Lowdown. She talks about growing up with actor parents, aging out of archetypal roles, and the 105% it takes to play Mar...

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This election season, let the NPR Politics podcast save your time and your sanity, will help you understand key races, which polls you can safely ignore, and what might happen if power shifts in Congress. Our short daily episodes come out every afternoon, so you can spend less time

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I'm Teri Gross. The FX series The Lowdown just started its second season and has added Emmy Award winning actor Betty Gilpin to the cast.

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