Hey, what's up? It's Gustavo Ariano, and you're listening to The Times, Essentially, from the LA Times. It's Thursday, September 1st, 2022. It's Emmy season, so we've been featuring interviews with nominees from our sister podcast, The Envelope. Today, we're sharing a conversation with Melanie Linsky, who just got an Emmy nomination for her performance in Showtime's Yellow Jackets.

As usual, my wife Delilah is always on to the great shows before me, and this is yet another

example. Hey, maybe she should be doing these intros, not me. Yellow Jackets is great. It's a total trip,

part psychological horror story, part coming-of-age drama, and it cuts between a girl's soccer team

stranded in the Canadian wilderness for nearly a year after a age drama, and it cuts between a girl's soccer team stranded

in the Canadian wilderness for nearly a year after a plane crash and then flash forwards to the

survivors in the present day. Melanie plays one of the survivors, Shauna, in the present. As an

adult, Shauna's a bored suburban housewife with inner turmoil, and she fills that role

with depth and complexity.

The semi-nomination is just the latest highlight in a long and steady acting career for Melanie.

She and Kate Winslet made their film debuts in Heavenly Creatures.

That film was an even bigger trip.

Go check it out.

And her credits include roles in the fairy tale movie Ever After, the sitcom Two and a Half Men,

and this year's true crime series, Candy.

Melanie joined the envelope's host Ivan Villarreal to talk about how this year has helped

her feel more empowered and less underestimated, and why now is the right time for ferocious

female characters.

She also busts out a pretty awesome Drew Barrymore impression and talks about her struggle

with an eating disorder.

All right, folks, let's get to it.

Melanie, thanks so much for joining us.

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