The series, though, rises or falls on the shoulders of the Chris character, and Kathryn Hahn, one of the most reliable actresses around, looks in the pilot as if she could end up with some statuettes for her portrayal.
Like Brenda Blethyn in Secrets & Lies, Leigh places a reliable support actress in the lead, and Imelda Staunton responds with a wonderfully believable characterisation of a brisk, efficient cornerstone of the family, forever dispensing tea and sympathy in shockingly dull postwar Britain.
Still, the comparison is perhaps unfair: Widdoes used her face brilliantly, with the expressiveness of a trained film and stage actress, whereas what makes Johnston such a reliable, and potentially great, comedienne is her voice.
He had dreamed of being a playwright, but ghostwriting the life stories of often temperamental actors and actresses turned out to be a more reliable way of paying the bills.
And in "All I Ask of You," that reliable "Phantom" warhorse, he held his own against Lena Hall, the Tony actressinning actress he brought onstage for a duet.
Back in 2005, Reese Witherspoon was a top star; she was earning $15 million a picture, was a reliable box office draw in romantic comedies, and proved her mettle as a dramatic actress by winning an Oscar for "Walk the Line".
There is no reliable public report that gives the exact number of children Mr. Zhang has with Ms. Chen, an actress.
Right actress, wrong part.Supporting actress?
