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Hi, everyone.

Welcome to I Choose Me.

This podcast is all about the bold and sometimes quirky choices we make.

From her Emmy Award-winning turn as the bold and sometimes quirky choices we make. From her Emmy award-winning turn as the brilliant and unconventional Elspeth Tascione on the good wife and the good fight to leading

CBS's hit series, Elspeth, Carrie Preston has turned her quirk into clarity and curiosity into power.

Endlessly versatile, Carrie has moved seamlessly between comedy and drama, television, and film

stage, and directing, from Elspeth to true blood and claws to the holdovers.

She has built a career defined not by chasing trends, but by choosing

roles that feel surprising and emphasize individuality. That instinct continued to pay off

this year, earning her a critic's choice best actress in a comedy series nomination, off-screen, Carrie brings that

same intentionality to how she lives, supporting all kinds of human rights, enjoying a long

and loving marriage with fellow actor Michael Emerson, and in an industry that can reward

bitter competition, Carrie quietly has built a reputation

for being gracious and kind.

She doesn't just play characters who choose themselves and others.

She lives it.

So happy to have Carrie Preston with me today.

There's something I think that's really great about you is that you and your husband,

Michael Emerson, have been together for a good minute.

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