Carita Rizzo

As a screenwriter, David E. Kelley is used to injecting social commentary into his material — not unlike the way the ancient Greeks entered the city of Troy. But when the creator of shows like The Practice, Big Little Lies and Ally McBeal made his foray into documentary filmmaking – with the ocean…

It took nearly 15 years for Sofía Vergara to land Griselda at Netflix, but when it was finally time to step into the notorious Colombian drug lord's heels, the Modern Family star was filled with doubt. "There were a million things that I was nervous about, mainly my performance," she says. "This was my…

Halfway through True Detective: Night Country, Kali Reis' character experiences a loss so traumatic it would make most people lose their minds. Steely State Trooper Evangeline Navarro has but one way of coping with the situation: She instigates a brawl, in essence begging for a physical manifestation of…

Reflecting on her career, Lena Waithe says, "I think about legacy a lot."  The writer-producer-actor, whose body of work includes creating Showtime drama The Chi and BET's Twenties, has been on a steady upward trajectory since winning a primetime Emmy Award in 2017 for outstanding writing on Netflix's Mast…

If Italian artist Marco Perego-Saldaña's transition to film comes as a surprise, it is only to those outside his own household. "I always wanted to make a film. I'm a little obsessed. I watch one film Monday to Friday," he says. "Sunday, actually," corrects his wife Zoe Saldaña, with a laugh. With…

Thirty years after her first Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do With It, Angela Bassett is once again a contender. But this nod, for her heart-wrenching turn in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, feels different. "I was just shell-shocked last time," Bassett says…

As grieving mechanic James Aucoin in Causeway, Lila Neugebauer's film about a soldier (Jennifer Lawrence) trying to assimilate into life in New Orleans after a brain injury sends her home, Brian Tyree Henry found not just the biggest role of his career but catharsis from his own pain. "Some of us hold…

As a rule, Sydney Sweeney is drawn to characters that are nothing like her. "I find that challenge interesting," she says. But playing Cassie Howard, the LA teen who wears her emotions on her sleeve in Sam Levinson's Euphoria was a welcome exception for the 24-year-old. "Cassie is one of the most relatable characters…

After a seven-year run on The Good Wife, three-time Emmy winner Julianna Margulies is more selective than ever about where she lands. In joining The Morning Show as Laura Peterson, an anchor who, after being outed in the '90s and losing her position at the titular show, re-emerges as one of the country's top…

In recalling stories from seventh grade, Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle and Sam Zvibleman were so entertained by their own memories that, in 2019, the close friends created PEN15, a comedy series where Erskine and Konkle, then 32, portrayed their semi-autobiographical journeys through middle school. Little did the audience…

Doing justice to a real-life person, as an actor, comes with its own set of pressures. Embodying a cultural icon, however, can be downright overwhelming. When Aretha Franklin personally gave Jennifer Hudson her blessing to portray her in the biopic Respect, the Oscar winner was elated by the vote of confidence. Then…

From her unforgettable strut down the water-filled aisle as Araminta Lee in Crazy Rich Asians, to her turn as a chain-smoking scientist in Cary Joji Fukunaga's Netflix series Maniac, Sonoya Mizuno has in the past few years proven that she can disappear into characters, even without a costume as extreme as the faceless…