Steven Knight is currently one of the busiest writers in Hollywood. He’s gearing up to start production on a new “Peaky Blinders” movie starring Cillian Murphy while also writing the upcoming “Star Wars: The New Jedi Order,” which is set to see Daisy Ridley reprising her role as Rey.
But before either of those projects bear fruit, fans of Knight’s writing can look forward to his new show “The Veil.” The FX on Hulu limited series stars Elisabeth Moss as a spy who finds herself caught up in a web of secrets in a globe-trotting espionage series.
“The Veil” stars Elisabeth Moss, Yumma Marwan, Alec Secareanu, Thibault de Montalembert, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, James Purefoy, Josh Charles, Joana Ribeiro, Phill Langhorne, Dan Wyllie, Aron von Andrian, and Dali Benssalah.
According to the official synopsis, the show “explores the surprising and fraught relationship between two women (Moss and Yumna Marwan) who...
But before either of those projects bear fruit, fans of Knight’s writing can look forward to his new show “The Veil.” The FX on Hulu limited series stars Elisabeth Moss as a spy who finds herself caught up in a web of secrets in a globe-trotting espionage series.
“The Veil” stars Elisabeth Moss, Yumma Marwan, Alec Secareanu, Thibault de Montalembert, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, James Purefoy, Josh Charles, Joana Ribeiro, Phill Langhorne, Dan Wyllie, Aron von Andrian, and Dali Benssalah.
According to the official synopsis, the show “explores the surprising and fraught relationship between two women (Moss and Yumna Marwan) who...
- 3/21/2024
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
IGN, a popular website for video game and entertainment media, has ranked the top 10 TV shows of all time based on various criteria such as quality, influence, popularity, and legacy. Here are their picks for the best TV shows ever made:
10. Parks and Recreation Parks & Recreation Trailer
Parks and Recreation is a comedy series that follows the lives of the employees of the Parks and Recreation department of Pawnee, a fictional town in Indiana. The show features a hilarious ensemble cast led by Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, an optimistic and ambitious bureaucrat who loves her job and her town. The show is known for its witty dialogue, absurd situations, heartfelt moments, and memorable characters such as Ron Swanson, Tom Haverford, April Ludgate, Andy Dwyer, and Ben Wyatt. Parks and Recreation ran for seven seasons from 2009 to 2015 and received critical acclaim and several awards.
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10. Parks and Recreation Parks & Recreation Trailer
Parks and Recreation is a comedy series that follows the lives of the employees of the Parks and Recreation department of Pawnee, a fictional town in Indiana. The show features a hilarious ensemble cast led by Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, an optimistic and ambitious bureaucrat who loves her job and her town. The show is known for its witty dialogue, absurd situations, heartfelt moments, and memorable characters such as Ron Swanson, Tom Haverford, April Ludgate, Andy Dwyer, and Ben Wyatt. Parks and Recreation ran for seven seasons from 2009 to 2015 and received critical acclaim and several awards.
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- 9/26/2023
- by CineArticles Editorial Team
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George R.R. Martin, the acclaimed author of the epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, which was adapted into the hit HBO show Game of Thrones, is not only a master storyteller, but also an avid fan of television. He has often praised the medium for its ability to create immersive and complex narratives, and has shared his opinions on various shows and episodes on his blog and in interviews. In this article, we will look at some of the TV episodes that Martin has named as his favorites over the years, and what makes them stand out for him.
The Sopranos Trailer “The Suitcase” from Mad Men: This episode from the fourth season of the critically acclaimed drama about the advertising industry in the 1960s focuses on the relationship between Don Draper (Jon Hamm) and Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss), as they work late into the night...
The Sopranos Trailer “The Suitcase” from Mad Men: This episode from the fourth season of the critically acclaimed drama about the advertising industry in the 1960s focuses on the relationship between Don Draper (Jon Hamm) and Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss), as they work late into the night...
- 9/2/2023
- by amalprasadappu
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Elisabeth Moss has been a staple of TV for more than 20 years. She has taken on roles in several high-profile properties like The West Wing and The Handmaid’s Tale. However, her most famous role is probably Peggy Olson in Mad Men. Outside of TV, she has also done theater and has appeared in several movies, such as 2020’s The Invisible Man, Us, High-Rise, and The Square, among others. From theater to television and film, she has played over 80 roles since she started acting and has shown her depth as a performer in each one of them. Here are six...
- 5/4/2023
- by jcmadrigali
- TVovermind.com
Exclusive: Jill Alexander, who featured on HBO’s Silicon Valley for four seasons, has signed with APA.
The agency has signed Alexander, who has been writing for Disney’s Pixar, in all areas.
It comes after APA’s growth with over a dozen new agents following the CAA/ICM merger. Alexander is the latest signing following the likes of Hayden Panettiere, Nathalie Emmanuel, Pam Grier and Regina Hall.
Alexander spent the last two years writing for Pixar and before that created Sunshine Scouts, an apocalyptic comedy series that Shonda Rhimes developed for Netflix. She was also a participant in the WGA Showrunner Training Program.
This came after she starred as Patrice in Mike Judge’s Silicon Valley as well as playing Peggy Olson’s secretary Marsha in the final season of Mad Men.
She has also appeared in series including Modern Family, New Girl and American Housewife.
Alexander continues to...
The agency has signed Alexander, who has been writing for Disney’s Pixar, in all areas.
It comes after APA’s growth with over a dozen new agents following the CAA/ICM merger. Alexander is the latest signing following the likes of Hayden Panettiere, Nathalie Emmanuel, Pam Grier and Regina Hall.
Alexander spent the last two years writing for Pixar and before that created Sunshine Scouts, an apocalyptic comedy series that Shonda Rhimes developed for Netflix. She was also a participant in the WGA Showrunner Training Program.
This came after she starred as Patrice in Mike Judge’s Silicon Valley as well as playing Peggy Olson’s secretary Marsha in the final season of Mad Men.
She has also appeared in series including Modern Family, New Girl and American Housewife.
Alexander continues to...
- 2/22/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Elisabeth Moss is a widely celebrated actor. Her roles in shows like Mad Men and The Handmaid’s Tale have earned her acclaimed and captured significant audiences. For the most part, Moss doesn’t share information about her personal life with the public. But one thing fans do know about her is that she is a Scientologist.
The church and its followers have been involved in disturbing situations and accused of other terrible crimes. Despite the stigma that comes with believing in the words of L. Ron Hubbard, Moss remains a famous face for the religion and defends it and her commitment to it in interviews.
Elisabeth Moss was born into a Scientology family US actress Elisabeth Moss arrives for “The Invisible Man” premiere at the Tcl Chinese theatre in Hollywood on February 24, 2020. | Valerie Macon/Afp via Getty Images
Moss’ lifelong connections to Scientology were explored in a profile of the...
The church and its followers have been involved in disturbing situations and accused of other terrible crimes. Despite the stigma that comes with believing in the words of L. Ron Hubbard, Moss remains a famous face for the religion and defends it and her commitment to it in interviews.
Elisabeth Moss was born into a Scientology family US actress Elisabeth Moss arrives for “The Invisible Man” premiere at the Tcl Chinese theatre in Hollywood on February 24, 2020. | Valerie Macon/Afp via Getty Images
Moss’ lifelong connections to Scientology were explored in a profile of the...
- 2/8/2023
- by Garrett Burke
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
(Welcome to Did They Get It Right?, a series where we take a look at an Oscars category from yesteryear and examine whether the Academy's winner stands the test of time.)
One of the greatest pieces of cinematic ephemera in history is the video of Steven Spielberg reacting to nominations announcement for the 1976 Academy Awards. He was so confident that the world-conquering success of "Jaws" would lead to a clean sweep nomination morning, which would include a Best Director nomination for himself at just 29 years old, that he brought in a video crew to document the celebration. This did not happen. Instead of the 11 nominations Spielberg was predicting, it managed only four, though one of them was for Best Picture. He was shut out of the Best Director category, being the only director of a Best Picture nominee that year not to get a nod.
That fifth slot instead went...
One of the greatest pieces of cinematic ephemera in history is the video of Steven Spielberg reacting to nominations announcement for the 1976 Academy Awards. He was so confident that the world-conquering success of "Jaws" would lead to a clean sweep nomination morning, which would include a Best Director nomination for himself at just 29 years old, that he brought in a video crew to document the celebration. This did not happen. Instead of the 11 nominations Spielberg was predicting, it managed only four, though one of them was for Best Picture. He was shut out of the Best Director category, being the only director of a Best Picture nominee that year not to get a nod.
That fifth slot instead went...
- 12/13/2022
- by Mike Shutt
- Slash Film
According to John Slattery, it was hard not to be starstruck by Don Draper himself.
The “Mad Men” actor revealed that guest stars on the Emmy-winning AMC series would forgot their lines on set while acting opposite Hamm.
“When Hamm walked into a room in that get-up, people would just go catatonic,” Slattery told The Independent. “Guest stars would sometimes walk up to him and their lines would go right out of their heads. They just wouldn’t know what to do. It happened on more than one occasion.”
He added, “Christina Hendricks would walk into the room and people would shit themselves — it was amazing.”
Slattery played Roger Sterling, one of the partners of the Sterling Cooper ad agency. Hamm famously portrayed Don Draper, a depressed ad executive lothario. Slattery confirmed that, back in 2007, he initially read for the role of Don, and was eventually cast as Roger.
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The “Mad Men” actor revealed that guest stars on the Emmy-winning AMC series would forgot their lines on set while acting opposite Hamm.
“When Hamm walked into a room in that get-up, people would just go catatonic,” Slattery told The Independent. “Guest stars would sometimes walk up to him and their lines would go right out of their heads. They just wouldn’t know what to do. It happened on more than one occasion.”
He added, “Christina Hendricks would walk into the room and people would shit themselves — it was amazing.”
Slattery played Roger Sterling, one of the partners of the Sterling Cooper ad agency. Hamm famously portrayed Don Draper, a depressed ad executive lothario. Slattery confirmed that, back in 2007, he initially read for the role of Don, and was eventually cast as Roger.
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- 11/18/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Most actors can be proud to say they've embodied one all-time-great TV character in their lifetime, but by my count, Elisabeth Moss has played at least four. In the late '90s and early aughts, she was Zoey Bartlet, the president's daughter on "The West Wing." A year after that series ended, she started her run on "Mad Men," where her ad writer Peggy Olson became a more beloved character than most any of the show's titular men. Finally, she took on two tough-as-nails roles, first as traumatized detective Robin in "Top of the Lake," and then as hero June Osborne in the dystopian series "The Handmaid's Tale."
It's a stacked small-screen career, one that seems like it doesn't leave much breathing room for the Emmy winner. But according to the actress herself, great projects are hard to resist. Moss appeared on the Smartless podcast this week, where she spoke...
It's a stacked small-screen career, one that seems like it doesn't leave much breathing room for the Emmy winner. But according to the actress herself, great projects are hard to resist. Moss appeared on the Smartless podcast this week, where she spoke...
- 11/1/2022
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Over a decade later, and Elisabeth Moss still gets teary-eyed talking about Jon Hamm’s mentorship on “Mad Men.”
Moss starred as Peggy Olson, an up-and-coming copywriter who befriends her elusive boss, the advertising agency legend Don Draper (Hamm), who guides her career in the 1960s male-dominated industry. Peggy eventually parts ways with Don’s firm, leading to an emotional scene in Season 5, Episode 11, which originally aired in 2012.
Moss shared just how “real” the moment felt between her and Hamm during production.
“It all felt very real. I had a very close relationship with Jon,” Moss said during a Vanity Fair video. “There was sort of like a mentor/protégé relationship there, very older brother, little sister. And so it meant something to the both of us when we did this scene.”
While in character, Moss starts to tear up while Hamm kisses her hand after shaking it farewell.
“That right there is real.
Moss starred as Peggy Olson, an up-and-coming copywriter who befriends her elusive boss, the advertising agency legend Don Draper (Hamm), who guides her career in the 1960s male-dominated industry. Peggy eventually parts ways with Don’s firm, leading to an emotional scene in Season 5, Episode 11, which originally aired in 2012.
Moss shared just how “real” the moment felt between her and Hamm during production.
“It all felt very real. I had a very close relationship with Jon,” Moss said during a Vanity Fair video. “There was sort of like a mentor/protégé relationship there, very older brother, little sister. And so it meant something to the both of us when we did this scene.”
While in character, Moss starts to tear up while Hamm kisses her hand after shaking it farewell.
“That right there is real.
- 10/31/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
FX has ordered a limited series exclusively for Hulu from Steven Knight with Elisabeth Moss set to star, Variety has learned.
Titled “The Veil,” the show is described as a thriller that explores the surprising and fraught relationship between two women who play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. One woman has a secret, the other a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost.
“We’re excited to continue our partnership with Steven Knight on ‘The Veil’ and thrilled to have Elisabeth Moss sign on for the lead role,” said Nick Grad, president of original programming at FX. “Steven’s scripts are riveting and no doubt will showcase Elisabeth’s exceptional talent.”
Knight is writing and executive producing “The Veil,” with Moss executive producing under her Love & Squalor Pictures banner. Denise Di Novi and Nina Tassler...
Titled “The Veil,” the show is described as a thriller that explores the surprising and fraught relationship between two women who play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. One woman has a secret, the other a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost.
“We’re excited to continue our partnership with Steven Knight on ‘The Veil’ and thrilled to have Elisabeth Moss sign on for the lead role,” said Nick Grad, president of original programming at FX. “Steven’s scripts are riveting and no doubt will showcase Elisabeth’s exceptional talent.”
Knight is writing and executive producing “The Veil,” with Moss executive producing under her Love & Squalor Pictures banner. Denise Di Novi and Nina Tassler...
- 8/2/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
“Shining Girls” should not be entered into lightly. Check that: Discussion of “Shining Girls,” including reviews like this one, should not be entered into lightly. While the Apple TV+ series certainly merits fair warning for its mature themes — this may be the dead girl mystery to end all dead girl mysteries — learning too much about its premise may detract from its rewarding twists and turns. The first four episodes are built with a precision worth appreciating on its own. Trust is earned steadily. Each narrative choice feels purposeful. So when events shift from what’s expected of prestige crime thrillers, you’re already on board.
Fear not, faithful readers: No spoilers will be listed here, even if those of you familiar with the source material — Lauren Beukes’ 2013 novel “The Shining Girls” — already know what’s up. Showrunner Silka Luisa’s adaptation is far from straightforward; our point of entry is flipped,...
Fear not, faithful readers: No spoilers will be listed here, even if those of you familiar with the source material — Lauren Beukes’ 2013 novel “The Shining Girls” — already know what’s up. Showrunner Silka Luisa’s adaptation is far from straightforward; our point of entry is flipped,...
- 3/13/2022
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Update, with McCain tweet The View co-host Meghan McCain isn’t off to an easy final week on the ABC daytime talk show: On today’s episode, guest Mary Trump accused the departing McCain of lacking “the courage” to appear in Trump’s segment.
McCain, whose final day on the show is this Friday, was on board for most of today’s episode, but absent later when Trump, the outspoken niece and critic of the former president, appeared for an interview to discuss the Capitol siege and racism.
The author of the new The Reckoning was discussing the January 6 attack on the Capitol and the racism encountered by Capitol police during the siege, taking questions from The View co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sara Haines and Sunny Hostin. McCain, who had appeared on the episode until Trump’s appearance, was suddenly absent from the line-up.
“It’s a shame that...
McCain, whose final day on the show is this Friday, was on board for most of today’s episode, but absent later when Trump, the outspoken niece and critic of the former president, appeared for an interview to discuss the Capitol siege and racism.
The author of the new The Reckoning was discussing the January 6 attack on the Capitol and the racism encountered by Capitol police during the siege, taking questions from The View co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sara Haines and Sunny Hostin. McCain, who had appeared on the episode until Trump’s appearance, was suddenly absent from the line-up.
“It’s a shame that...
- 8/2/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Christina Hendricks recalled the most uncomfortable interview question she was asked during her time on Mad Men, and fans of the show probably won't be surprised to learn, it had to do with her body. Mad Men, which was set in the 1960s, explored the lives of the employees at Sterling Cooper & Partners, a Manhattan advertising firm. A big theme on the show was the sexism Christina's character Joan Harris, as well as other women in the office like Elisabeth Moss' character Peggy Olson, faced as they climbed the corporate ladder. However, instead of asking questions about her complex character or the struggle she faced as a woman in advertising during that time period, the Good...
- 6/2/2021
- E! Online
While being lauded by critics’ bodies for visual effects, film editing and original score, Universal’s “The Invisible Man” continues the industry’s trend of snubbing horror films and performances. It left empty-handed when the Golden Globes and SAG Awards released their nominations; its only other chances remain at the Oscars in a list of 15 shortlist nominees for Best Original Score and at the Critics Choice Awards for Best Visual Effects. Elisabeth Moss’ searing absence follows after Lupita Nyong’o in “Us,” Toni Collette in “Hereditary” and many others including the entire production of “The Shining.” The main exception to this rule was when “The Silence of the Lambs,” which celebrated its 30th anniversary on Valentine’s Day, won all Big Five awards at the 1992 Oscars.
SEERevisiting ‘The Invisible Man’ and Oscar’s complicated history with horror
Widely known and celebrated for her portrayals of Peggy Olson on “Mad Men” and...
SEERevisiting ‘The Invisible Man’ and Oscar’s complicated history with horror
Widely known and celebrated for her portrayals of Peggy Olson on “Mad Men” and...
- 2/23/2021
- by Nick Ruhrkraut
- Gold Derby
Midway through Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar’s stirring documentary “9to5: The Story of a Movement,” Jane Fonda briefly appears as the film’s most famous talking head. Remembering the time they were making the hit 1980 comedy “9 to 5” inspired by various stories of workplace sexism collected from the period’s fed-up administrative women, Fonda jokingly retells one particular vivid fantasy a female clerical worker had of killing her male supervisor — apparently, an all-too-common daydream among similarly ill-treated secretaries of the time. It goes something like mincing the boss in a coffee bean grinder and making drip coffee out of him.
As hilariously out-there as this imaginary revenge scenario might sound — so over-the-top that it couldn’t be included in the Hollywood film with the iconic Dolly Parton song — it isn’t hard to empathize with this employee’s long-standing grievance deep down, thanks to all the narrative...
As hilariously out-there as this imaginary revenge scenario might sound — so over-the-top that it couldn’t be included in the Hollywood film with the iconic Dolly Parton song — it isn’t hard to empathize with this employee’s long-standing grievance deep down, thanks to all the narrative...
- 12/18/2020
- by Tomris Laffly
- Variety Film + TV
Elisabeth Moss is about to make a killing: The Emmy winner will star as infamous Texas killer Candy Montgomery in an upcoming limited series, TVLine has learned.
The limited series, tentatively titled Candy, is a Ucp production (a division of Universal Studio Group) and is being shopped to premium cable and streaming platforms. Moss plays Candy Montgomery, a Texas housewife in 1980 who “seemingly had it all — loving husband with a good job, a daughter and a son, a nice house in the brand new suburbs — so why did she kill her friend from church with an ax?” the official description asks.
The limited series, tentatively titled Candy, is a Ucp production (a division of Universal Studio Group) and is being shopped to premium cable and streaming platforms. Moss plays Candy Montgomery, a Texas housewife in 1980 who “seemingly had it all — loving husband with a good job, a daughter and a son, a nice house in the brand new suburbs — so why did she kill her friend from church with an ax?” the official description asks.
- 7/7/2020
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
When Peggy Olson first started her career at Sterling Cooper, the fledgling advertising superstar was hired as Don Draper’s secretary, a gig that Joan Holloway wryly deemed “something between a mother and a waitress.” Of course, the beloved AMC series wasn’t far off — not about that, and not about a lot of things — but it’s still striking when a clip of this interaction pops up early in Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert’s “9to5: The Story of a Movement.” Following the rise of a group of female office workers who began to organize in the early ’70s, the filmmakers’ followup to their Oscar-winning “American Factory” handily lays out the specific conditions that led to this essential, if little-known chapter of American history. For many, it was being treated like Peggy: an “office wife,” an invisible “girl,” an underestimated force to be reckoned with.
Bognar and Reichert...
Bognar and Reichert...
- 6/25/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Thompson on Hollywood
When Peggy Olson first started her career at Sterling Cooper, the fledgling advertising superstar was hired as Don Draper’s secretary, a gig that Joan Holloway wryly deemed “something between a mother and a waitress.” Of course, the beloved AMC series wasn’t far off — not about that, and not about a lot of things — but it’s still striking when a clip of this interaction pops up early in Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert’s “9to5: The Story of a Movement.” Following the rise of a group of female office workers who began to organize in the early ’70s, the filmmakers’ followup to their Oscar-winning “American Factory” handily lays out the specific conditions that led to this essential, if little-known chapter of American history. For many, it was being treated like Peggy: an “office wife,” an invisible “girl,” an underestimated force to be reckoned with.
Bognar and Reichert...
Bognar and Reichert...
- 6/25/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Carver Films (Relic) is producing.
Elisabeth Moss will star in Daina Reid’s ghost horror thriller Run Rabbit Run, which Xyz Films will introduce to worldwide buyers at the Cannes virtual market and is financing through its new fund alongside Screen Australia.
Carver Films, whose horror film Relic premiered at Sundance last January, is producing the story of a fertility doctor forced to question her pragmatic view of life and confront a ghost from the past when her daughter begins to act strangely.
Novellist Hannah Kent wrote the screenplay from an original idea developed with Carver Films. Anna McLeish and...
Elisabeth Moss will star in Daina Reid’s ghost horror thriller Run Rabbit Run, which Xyz Films will introduce to worldwide buyers at the Cannes virtual market and is financing through its new fund alongside Screen Australia.
Carver Films, whose horror film Relic premiered at Sundance last January, is producing the story of a fertility doctor forced to question her pragmatic view of life and confront a ghost from the past when her daughter begins to act strangely.
Novellist Hannah Kent wrote the screenplay from an original idea developed with Carver Films. Anna McLeish and...
- 6/11/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
If your movie calls for a woman on the verge of — or completely in the throes of — a breakdown, Elisabeth Moss is the one for the job. With “Shirley,” Moss continues to flex her affinity for the mad, disheveled, unraveling, and messy, as already well-documented in films including “The Invisible Man,” “Her Smell,” “Queen of Earth,” and “Us.” In Josephine Decker’s new film, Moss stars as gothic fiction writer Shirley Jackson, opposite Michael Stuhlbarg as Jackson’s husband, the literary critic Stanley Hyman. Together, these two actors work at the peak of their powers to turn marriage into demented theater, coiling a young couple (played by Odessa Young and Logan Lerman) into their sick orbit and twisting the story into “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” territory, but with a hallucinatory edge.
And it’s this character, who only sees emptiness beneath the face powder of polite society and openly mocks decorum,...
And it’s this character, who only sees emptiness beneath the face powder of polite society and openly mocks decorum,...
- 6/5/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
The Handmaid’s Tale star on doing her own stunts in The Invisible Man, the symbolic power of Offred’s cape – and working with a demanding dog
Elisabeth Moss, 37, has been nicknamed “the Queen of Peak TV” for her award-winning roles in several of the 21st century’s most acclaimed dramas. She played the president’s daughter Zoey Bartlet in The West Wing, secretary turned copywriter Peggy Olson in Mad Men and detective Robin Griffin in Top of the Lake. She currently plays June “Offred” Osborne in The Handmaid’s Tale, which she also co-produces. She stars in the new film version of Hg Wells’s The Invisible Man.
The Invisible Man seems a bit of a departure for you. What attracted you to the role?
I’ve always loved horror films and secretly wanted to be that girl running around screaming. This role not only offered that but was an interesting character piece with deeper resonances.
Elisabeth Moss, 37, has been nicknamed “the Queen of Peak TV” for her award-winning roles in several of the 21st century’s most acclaimed dramas. She played the president’s daughter Zoey Bartlet in The West Wing, secretary turned copywriter Peggy Olson in Mad Men and detective Robin Griffin in Top of the Lake. She currently plays June “Offred” Osborne in The Handmaid’s Tale, which she also co-produces. She stars in the new film version of Hg Wells’s The Invisible Man.
The Invisible Man seems a bit of a departure for you. What attracted you to the role?
I’ve always loved horror films and secretly wanted to be that girl running around screaming. This role not only offered that but was an interesting character piece with deeper resonances.
- 2/23/2020
- by Michael Hogan
- The Guardian - Film News
Elisabeth Moss will live forever—or as long as the internet lives—all thanks to Mad Men. In the seventh season, Moss had an ultra-powerful strut through the halls as Peggy Olson. Smoking a cigarette while carrying a box of her things and an erotic piece of art, this Peggy scene has been GIFed, screenshot, made into icons, parodied and permeated the internet. "Yeah, I think it's really cool," Moss told E! News about her new life as a meme and Gif. "I mean, I never anticipated what it was going to become what it became. We certainly had no idea. I remember the day after the episode aired, that morning people were sending it and it became this meme, right? Is it a meme or a Gif?...I'm just...
- 6/7/2019
- E! Online
Now that Us is in theaters, we're officially terrified of any noises, shadows, music, and, quite frankly, family members. While we spend the next few nights trying to unravel Jordan Peele's ending, we are also spending a good deal of time marveling at how this all-star cast created one of the scariest films we've seen this decade.
We're sure you recognize Elisabeth Moss from her starring role in Hulu's adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale and AMC's late, great Mad Men, but Moss has been showcasing her acting abilities since the '90s. She landed her first TV credit playing Robin in the 1990 TV movie Bar Girls. After that, she lent her vocal talents to animated TV series like Animaniacs, Batman: The Animated Series, and Freakazoid!. One of her first major film roles came when she played Harvey Keitel's daughter in the 1994 film Imaginary Crimes, but you...
We're sure you recognize Elisabeth Moss from her starring role in Hulu's adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale and AMC's late, great Mad Men, but Moss has been showcasing her acting abilities since the '90s. She landed her first TV credit playing Robin in the 1990 TV movie Bar Girls. After that, she lent her vocal talents to animated TV series like Animaniacs, Batman: The Animated Series, and Freakazoid!. One of her first major film roles came when she played Harvey Keitel's daughter in the 1994 film Imaginary Crimes, but you...
- 3/25/2019
- by Hannah Abrams
- Popsugar.com
Exclusive: Here is Elisabeth Moss as you’ve never seen her, looking and acting more like Hole-era Courtney Love than Mad Men-period Peggy Olson. In this first look at director Alex Ross Perry’s Her Smell, Moss plays a kohl-eyed punk rocker (who seems to be having a very public backstage meltdown). The film has its world premiere Sunday in the Platform section of the Toronto Film Festival.
Endeavor Content is handling U.S. sales, and Voltage Pictures international, on the ground in Toronto.
There’s already some awards buzz for Moss around this one, and the change-of-pace turn showcased in the clip suggests why. She plays Becky Something, described by the Her Smell team as “a talented but self-destructive musician who seems determined to alienate everyone around her — even at the cost of her band’s success. The brilliant and brash front woman for the ’90s rock band Something She,...
Endeavor Content is handling U.S. sales, and Voltage Pictures international, on the ground in Toronto.
There’s already some awards buzz for Moss around this one, and the change-of-pace turn showcased in the clip suggests why. She plays Becky Something, described by the Her Smell team as “a talented but self-destructive musician who seems determined to alienate everyone around her — even at the cost of her band’s success. The brilliant and brash front woman for the ’90s rock band Something She,...
- 9/7/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
“I Love Lucy,” Polka Dotted As one of the first sitcoms on television, “I Love Lucy” became an enduring hallmark of the ’50s. And even though the show was televised n black-and-white, Lucy’s (Lucille Ball) architectural silhouettes and loud patterns, such as her trademark polka dot house dress, still seemed to pop out of the screen.
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“The Golden Girls,” Dorothy’s Suit Dress Dorothy and Blanche clash wonderfully not only in personality, but in style as well. Dorothy’s turquoise, crushed velvet tuxedo dress provides a sartorial foil to Blanche’s sequined, fiery dress.
“Baywatch,” That Swimsuit C.J. Parker (Pamela Anderson) made waves with her high-cut, bright red one-piece, a style that has been echoed time and again, especially in recent summers.
“Friends,” Rachel’s Overall Obsession Any mention of Rachel Green conjures up images of her eponymous hairstyle as well as different versions of overalls. In an SNL parody,...
- 7/13/2018
- by Linda Xu
- The Wrap
Gilead will never cease to amaze me.
At a time I thought the actions of one handmaid in such a public and revered setting would garner the wrath of the Republic as a whole, instead, we saw life anew for some at the colonies and other surprises on The Handmaid's Tale Season 2 Episode 7.
Even the death of Commander Pryce didn't mean the end of life as June knew it at the Waterford's.
This installment was full of surprising moments allowed the first glimmer of hope for the women of Gilead.
It's not much, mind you, but Ofglen's bravery seems to have given the others who reside there at all levels a bit more of the same.
With the arrival of someone like Commander Cushing who was willing to get answers without considering the ramifications of his actions, others had to think on his behalf.
Related: The Handmaid's Tale Season 2 Episode...
At a time I thought the actions of one handmaid in such a public and revered setting would garner the wrath of the Republic as a whole, instead, we saw life anew for some at the colonies and other surprises on The Handmaid's Tale Season 2 Episode 7.
Even the death of Commander Pryce didn't mean the end of life as June knew it at the Waterford's.
This installment was full of surprising moments allowed the first glimmer of hope for the women of Gilead.
It's not much, mind you, but Ofglen's bravery seems to have given the others who reside there at all levels a bit more of the same.
With the arrival of someone like Commander Cushing who was willing to get answers without considering the ramifications of his actions, others had to think on his behalf.
Related: The Handmaid's Tale Season 2 Episode...
- 5/30/2018
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Deep in the heart of Gilead, a dystopian hellhole that used to be known as the United States of America, Elisabeth Moss offers a prayer. Like all the women in The Handmaid's Tale, her character, Offred, a prisoner and a slave. She remembers a few years ago, when she was a librarian in Boston with a husband and daughter, until the country got taken over by a militaristic and religious coup. Now it's a Christian totalitarian state where women are no longer allowed to read – they're forced into servitude or killed for "gender treachery.
- 4/16/2018
- Rollingstone.com
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