Keri Russell - 'The Americans'

Awards Chatter

Scott Feinberg

Tv & Film, Film Interviews

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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One of the few people who has played multiple iconic TV characters reflects on child stardom as a Mouseketeer, becoming "America's Sweetheart" at 21 on 'Felicity' and then, after almost quitting the biz, re-emerging as a Soviet spy for six seasons on one of the best shows of the Peak TV era. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg, recorded and produced by Matthew Whitehurst. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone and thank you for tuning in to the
0:13.0	Hollywood Reporters Awards Podcast.
0:15.0	I'm the host Scott Feinberg, and this episode is brought to you
0:18.0	by the Prime Original Series The Marvelous Mrs Maisel.
0:21.0	From Executive Producers Amy Sherman Pallineo and Daniel Palladino, starring Rachel
0:26.1	Brasnihan, Alex Borstein and Tony Shalub. Consider it marvelous in all categories, including
0:32.3	outstanding comedy series. in all categories including Outstanding Comedy Series.
0:34.8	My guest today has been one of America's sweethearts for more than 20 years, having started
0:39.2	out as a child performer, then morphed into 20-something fan favorite, before blossoming as an adult into one of the greatest actresses of her generation, Carrie Russell.
0:49.0	Many of us first discovered Russell when she was a Mouse Catier, alongside Brittany Spears,
0:54.3	Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, and Ryan Gosling on the Disney Channel's The All New Mickey Mouse Club, on which
1:00.5	she appeared from 1991 through 1994.
1:03.0	Others caught on to her through a job that came along four years after that one ended.
1:08.0	The starring role on J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves' romantic drama series, Felicity, which aired on the WB from 1998 through 2002, and for which
1:16.8	she won a Golden Globe in 1999 and quickly became a star.
1:21.4	And still others joined the Russell Express more than a decade after that show ended, when after spending roughly a decade doing other things, taking some time away from the business and then returning to make indie films, she was cast against type as a Cold War
1:35.3	era Russian spy on Joe Wiesburg and Joel Field's drama series The Americans, which came to be
1:41.1	regarded over the course of its six season run on FX
1:44.2	which spanned 2013 through May 30th of this year as one of the best shows in the
1:49.3	history of television. For her portrayal of Elizabeth Jennings, which New York magazine has called,
1:55.2	quote, one of the most complex performances ever on television, close quote.
1:59.8	She has received two Emmy nominations, four Critics Choice nominations, and a Golden Globe nomination
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