In the first film Mouna and Lina Soualem made with their mother, Hiam Abbass, personal attachments went out the window: “There’s no time for that.”
Category: Actors and Actresses
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Lessons From Gina Prince-Bythewood on the Set of ‘The Woman King’
The actress Thuso Mbedu still trains with the director, who helped model longevity in the film industry.
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Emily Watson and Aisling Franciosi on What It Means to Be an Actor’s Actor
The stars of “God’s Creatures” talk about focusing on the work and not being “the hot new thing.”
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What Laura Dern and Diane Ladd Have Learned From Each Other
Ladd wasn’t sure she wanted her daughter to act. But Dern grew up going to work with her mother — and soon they were sharing the screen.
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How Two ‘Yellowjackets’ Actresses Created the Same Character, Decades Apart
In sharing a role on the Showtime series, Juliette Lewis and Sophie Thatcher took cues from each other about never going for the obvious choice.
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Why Madhur Jaffrey and Michelle Zauner ‘Fell Toward Each Other’
Throughout their careers, neither have followed a single path.
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‘Black Panther’ and the New Blueprint for Female Warriors Onscreen
Danai Gurira and Dominique Thorne on acting, superheroes and grief.
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The Fearlessness That Marlee Matlin Saw in Teyana Taylor
The “Coda” actress and the singer-songwriter on what it takes to gain confidence.
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Two London Stage Actresses on Resilience and Representation
The two actresses first met when they performed in a London production of “Cinderella.” More than two decades later, Clarke is still cheering Khadime on.
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Book Review: ‘Honey, Baby, Mine,’ by Laura Dern and Diane Ladd
Laura Dern and her mother, Diane Ladd, both made careers in the movies. In “Honey, Baby, Mine,” they drop names, rehash arguments and lean on each other.
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Book Review: ‘My Cousin Maria Schneider,’ by Vanessa Schneider
In a troubling new memoir, Vanessa Schneider contends that the sexually explicit 1972 film exploited, and irrevocably hurt, her cousin.