‘Love Story’ Star Sarah Pidgeon on Becoming Carolyn Bessette Kennedy
The Run-Through with Vogue
Vogue
4.1 • 764 Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Since landing the role of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy in the new FX series Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette, actress Sarah Pidgeon has had to undergo a full transformation. Not only did she dye her dark brown hair blonde (which she says is here to stay, at least for now!), but she also worked with a movement coach to nail down CBK’s mannerisms.
“I was really focused on my eyes and I was thinking about taking all this information from these books and interviews that I had sort of gathered,” Pidgeon told Chloe Wednesday afternoon in Vogue’s podcast studio. With less than a minute of recorded video of Carolyn to work off of, Sarah found that listening to Elizabeth Beller’s book Once Upon A Time on repeat was the best way to prepare.
Beyond her transformation, Sarah discussed her strategy for red carpet dressing, telling the story behind her feather dress and pant look she work to the show’s premiere. And she dives into all of the clothes she actually was able to steal from set!
Earlier in the show, Chioma tells Choe how the Gisele Pelicot digital cover story came to be. She also runs through her London Fashion Week schedule (with Tolu Coker and Chopova Lowena as two highlights) and Chloe discusses how she came up with her new newsletter Malle Wear.
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| 0:27.6 | This is The Run Through. I'm Chloe Mal. And I'm Joe Menardi. |
| 0:31.4 | And this week, everyone is in for a real treat. I was very lucky to speak to the one and only Sarah Pigeon, |
| 0:39.3 | the star of FX's new series Love Story, |
| 0:42.6 | John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bassett. |
| 0:45.1 | And I have to say, I binged it over the weekend, |
| 0:48.8 | and a lot of other people did too. |
| 0:50.4 | I felt like everyone was running home from fashion shows to watch it. And actually, |
| 0:56.4 | Sarah was at the Kate show with her castmates, Naomi Watts, who plays Jackie Kennedy, and Grace |
| 1:04.3 | Gummer, who plays Caroline Kennedy. And so the three of them were posing together at Kate. And then |
| 1:10.1 | Cassandra Gray, the beauty, Viola Gray beauty entrepreneur, was also at the Kate show wearing a Carolyn Beset Kennedy vintage Yogi Yamamoto skirt suit. |
| 1:23.9 | And so she posed with Sarah Pidgeon in the CBK archive piece, which felt very exciting and full circle. |
| 1:33.2 | And then Kate had this really fun party with my Teresa at Bamelman's bar at the Carlisle after their show. |
| 1:39.5 | And Sarah Pigeon was there, and she was sort of the bell of Bblemans. |
| 1:42.8 | Everyone was fluttering around her, and she looked fabulous and was sort of the bell of Bblemans. Everyone was fluttering |
| 1:44.4 | around her and she looked fabulous |
| 1:46.0 | and was sort of channeling CBK |
| 1:48.3 | with her, with her |
| 1:50.0 | Kate look. I actually haven't had a chance |
| 1:52.2 | to watch it. And now you've piqued my |
| 1:54.2 | interest. I'd love to hear your full |
| 1:56.2 | review of the show. Well, I will |
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