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Woman Crush Wednesday
If you don’t recognize the name of this week’s Woman Crush Wednesday, then grab your pen and write it down, tattoo it on your arm, whatever you have to do, because this talented actress has been steadily killing it in film and TV for the past decade. Give it up for Megan Ferguson!
WHO’S THAT GAL: Megan Ferguson
WHY WE’RE CRUSHING: Ferguson plays Gigi Dumont in Netflix’s new series, Soundtrack, which drops all ten episodes of its first season today. Soundtrack features various love stories that connect diverse people all across Los Angeles, as well as the songs that live within their minds and hearts. Ferguson’s Gigi is the supportive best friend to the main protagonist, Nellie (Callie Hernandez), and in a recent interview with CBS Los Angeles, gave greater insight into the role, saying “I am a funny friend in it, but I also get my own episode. It was just my character’s world and it was a real, real dream. That was so fun and there were a couple days when it was just me.”
In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Soundtrack creator Joshua Safran said of the show, “I always knew I wanted every episode to feature on two different characters, and it was their soundtrack for that episode. It really just was these small character stories that have a beginning, middle, and end to them. I was interested in diving deep into the characters.” Well, we absolutely cannot wait to dive deep into Ferguson’s character and to hear the tunes playing inside of her head!
WHERE YOU’VE SEEN HER BEFORE: Ferguson is no new kid on the block. Since her first film, American Fork (in which she played ‘Young and Plain’) in 2007, she has accrued an impressive list of credits, including supporting roles in hit films Love and Other Drugs, Bad Moms, and The Disaster Artist, and guest spots in the television series Boardwalk Empire, The League, and 9-1-1. Most notably, she has had a recurring role in Hart of Dixie from 2012 to 2015 as Bluebell resident and 2011 Miss Cinnamon Cider Pageant participant, Daisy Conover, a lead role as Esme, a PA for The Billy and Josh Show, a fictionalized sitcom starring Billy Crystal and Josh Gad, who play sensationalized versions of themselves in the 2015 FX The Comedians, and three episodes on Netflix’s Grace and Frankie from 2017 to 2018 (starring legendary actresses Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin), in which she plays Nadia, who briefly dates Frankie’s son, Coyote (Ethan Embry), after the two met in rehab.
WHERE YOU’LL SEE HER AGAIN: 2020 is looking to be a big year for Ferguson, so if you’ve binged Soundtrack and are looking to see and hear more from her, you’re in luck! She will have a recurring role as Alice in the tenth season of Larry David’s hit sitcom, Curb Your Enthusiasm, which premieres on HBO on January 19th. Ferguson will also play the main role of Mildred in Upload, a new sci-fi television show created by Greg Daniels, about a man who is able to choose his own afterlife after his untimely death, as well as a supporting role in upcoming rom-com The Broken Hearts Club alongside Stranger Things‘ Dacre Montgomery. With so many exciting projects on the horizon, we have no doubt that Ferguson will be making waves on film and TV for many years to come!
