Krakowski was almost the photo-negative of Calista Flockhart's title character: brassy, eccentric, unconcerned by others' opinions. Similarly, her character in 30 Rock, Jenna Maroney, acted as the bookend to Tina Fey's Liz Lemon, Krakowski untouched by self-awareness, Fey beset by it.
Nicholson plays Samantha Redmond, who has picked up the nickname Sinatra because of the chairman-of-the-board-like authority she exudes, a mix of steeliness and charisma that's allowed her to create and populate an underground city for chosen survivors of a global cataclysm.
I had an eating disorder, and it took time, and it took a lot of help, and also it was depression... I didn't know how to be alive the way I wanted to be, and it was difficult, but I do not for a second regret it, and I think I've been able to transform it and recognise our vulnerabilities as humans in the world.
She continued: "I share this with my daughter, who has been with me since she was six weeks old on the road with this. "It's the best role of my life being your mum and I promise to continue to be disobedient so you can belong to a world in all your complete wildness as a young woman. I am very grateful for this."
"I've become a mom and I'm in a wow moment of my life that I never expected, and it's such an honour to come home and share this with you," she said. Buckley gave a nod to her co-star Paul Mescal in her speech. "I know everyone is sick of me talking about how much I love him, but I love him, and to Kerry for reminding me of my own wildness," she said.
The best actress I've ever worked with is Judi Dench, who's such a mischief maker. She's so delightful. She's so, so good. If you ever just want to just hear something short, listen to Judi Dench read a Shakespeare sonnet, just find one on YouTube, and it will move you to tears - you'll just think that is how English should be spoken.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Rose Byrne, fresh off her Golden Globe Award win and Oscar nomination for the leading role in "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You," was named as the 2026 Woman of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals on Wednesday. Byrne, who also has starred in "Bridesmaids," "Neighbors," "Insidious," and "Damages," will be honored Feb. 13 with a parade through the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Killarney woman Buckley has proved unbeatable through the awards season so far for her performance as Shakespeare's wife Agnes Hathaway - historically known as Anne - in the big-screen adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's award-winning novel about the family life of William Shakespeare and the death of their young son. The Irish actress has also been nominated for an Oscar and secured a string of trophies including the Golden Globe and Critics' Choice awards.
Among the bold choices in Luca Guadagnino's feverish film of William S Burroughs' novel are the late 20th-century pop and alternative soundtrack (Nirvana, Prince, New Order) for a 1950s story, and the casting of an unrecognisable, orc-like Manville in a trumped-up cameo as the shaman Dr Cotter, who was male in the original book.