Don't Know Her?

Happy New Year! Wipe away your January Blues with this celebration of the legendary Dianne Wiest. Having twice triumphed at the Academy Awards, Dianne will be the first entry in our miniseries looking at some Oscar winners who didn’t quite get the career traction we’d have expected following their golden moments. We leap into our conversation with her Oscar-winning roles in Hannah And Her Sisters...

Join us as we honour the top-tier talent of Lesley Manville and celebrate Michael’s birthday!  Lesley has thrilled film and tv lovers alike with her reliably riveting performances. In this episode, we dive into her filmography and focus on Mike Leigh's All Or Nothing (2002) and Another Year (2010), Phantom Thread (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2017) and Mrs Harris Goes To Paris (Anthony Fabian, 2022)...

This week we talk about the cinematic icon Michelle Yeoh and celebrate another career peak in 2022 with her transcendent performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once (Daniels). Yeoh's work has constantly traversed genres and stereotypes, making her a mould-breaking star. We cover her fascinating filmography from her debut Yes, Madam! (Corey Yeun, 1985) through to Everything Everywhere All At O...

Welcome to Don't Know Her? and the first episode in a series focused on actors who are having significant career moments in 2022! We are kicking this off with this year’s winner of Best Actress in a Leading Role at the BAFTAs, Joanna Scanlan. Joanna won for her tremendous work in After Love (Aleem Khan, 2020) which made us all the more excited to talk about her. As well as that gem, we dipped back...

Thank you for joining us for this episode on an Irish legend, Fionnula Flanagan. As a star of Alejandro Amenábar’s The Others (2001), she felt perfect for our second Halloween ‘22 instalment... We also go beyond that spooky favourite and dive into some of her other most noteworthy film work, including James Joyce’s Women (Michael Pearce, 1985), Waking Ned (Kirk Jones, 1998), Divine Secrets of the...

Welcome back and thank you for joining us for another episode of Don’t Know Her?. As we enter spooky season, we simply had to turn our attention to a Halloween favourite and Christina Ricci was one of the first that sprang to mind. We were delighted to also be accompanied by our special guest, Kate Conboy-Fischer to chat all things Christina. Forever seared into our heads as Wednesday Addams in Th...

Welcome back! This episode sees us wrapping up our miniseries on actors celebrated for their work on TV, yet we wish for more from them on the big screen. And we are ending on a ‘Bend and Snap’ with Jennifer Coolidge. Fresh off her Emmy win for her terrific performance in The White Lotus, we could not resist diving into Jennifer’s filmography and the iconic roles that pepper it. With many delights...

We are continuing with our 'Stars of TV' miniseries and have arrived at one of television’s most recognisable faces of the 90s/00s; Lisa Kudrow. Lisa will be known to most for the 10 years she spent playing Phoebe Buffay in Friends (1994-2004). Her other most celebrated TV performances come along in Web Therapy (2011-2015) and The Comeback (2005 & 2014). But we are here to shine a light on som...

Thank you for joining us for episode 37 of Don’t Know Her?. As we continue our miniseries of beloved stars of the small screen, we couldn’t skip the powerhouse that is Jean Smart. As we explore another TV icon we would have been remiss to not welcome back the wonderful Daniel Massie, who previously joined us for our Sarah Michelle Gellar episode. Jean can be enjoyed in many, many TV shows, from Fr...

Thank you for joining us for Don’t Know Her?. To mark the upcoming Emmy awards, we’re doing a miniseries on performers who have garnered a lot of attention for their TV roles yet somehow feel underappreciated when it comes to their big screen work. And we are kicking this off with the marvellous Jeffrey Wright. In the world of TV, Jeffrey is perhaps best known for his Emmy Winning turn in Mike Nic...

Thank you for joining us for this birthday bonanza episode of Don’t Know Her? as we celebrate Scott’s big 3-0. As a special birthday treat, Scott got free rein to pick whoever he liked to discuss in this episode. Who did he choose? Only Annette Bening!  Annette is a deservedly celebrated star of the silver screen and somebody we continue to want to see more dazzling performances from. With a...

Welcome back for another episode. This time around we fancied a little camp diversion and decided to change things up with a discussion of a film franchise. So here we bring you a foray into the Carry On films. The joy of this episode for us was in being able to talk about some iconic screen presences who truly deserve continued recognition for their iconic contributions to British cinema. The Car...

We are here again to bring you episode 33 of Don’t Know Her? and this time we have an American treasure for you, with screen legend Margo Martindale. Margo will be a familiar face to many as she has carved out a career performing in many supporting roles throughout film and television - even garnering her the knowingly fun cameo role as ‘Character Actress Margo Martindale’ in BoJack Horseman. On t...

We are back again to bring you episode 32 of Don’t Know Her? and for this edition of the podcast, we are buzzing to talk about the star, legend and icon - Diane Lane! Diane was a thrill to talk about as it meant an array of films for us to choose from, although there were some absolute musts in the mix. We could not pass up the opportunity to talk about her Oscar-nominated turn in Adrian Lyne’s Un...

Welcome back for another episode of Don’t Know Her? and this time around, we are delighted to be joined by Murtada Elfadl - the host of the marvellous  Sundays With Cate  podcast! Murtada brings us the luminescent Nicole Beharie and we are thrilled to talk about this very talented performer with a filmography including American Violet (Tim Disney, 2008), Shame (Steve McQueen, 2011), 42 (...

Welcome back for another episode of Don’t Know Her? And this time Michael and Scott turn their attention to cinematic royalty... Geraldine Chaplin! We are thrilled to be joined by Zita Short, who you may (or should) know from The 300 Passions podcast, to talk about Geraldine's dynamic film legacy. The daughter of Charlie Chaplin, Geraldine has made an indelible mark in a career that spans British,...

Welcome back for more Don’t Know Her? and this time around we are focussing on the favourite movie star of the Millennials, Brendan Fraser. The prospect of a Saturday night in with a bucket of popcorn and The Mummy films meant this was an easy choice for us to make. This episode also lines up neatly with some exciting incoming film work, as Brendan makes a splashy return to our screens in ventures...

Welcome back for another dose of Don’t Know Her? and this week, we are focussing our first full episode on a Scottish performer! And is the wildly talented Kate Dickie. Kate may be familiar to many for popping up in some TV favourites like Game Of Thrones, but we want her to be celebrated much more for her terrific film work. This episode allows us to explore some types of film we haven’t so far a...

In this episode of the Don’t Know Her? podcast, we are celebrating 25 years of the almighty Titanic by talking about the wonderful Victor Garber. Beyond his turn as Mr. Andrews, the architect of the doomed ship, Victor has delighted us in a variety of other films - almost too many to count! We have chosen to talk about a handful of our favourites in this episode: the sleazy professor in Legally Bl...

In this episode of the Don’t Know Her? podcast we are back to chat about another performer that we adore that also ought to have a lot more adoration and opportunities sent their way. This time we commemorate two special dates in the calendar with one extra-special actor to talk about; the luminous Ruth Negga. This Irish goddess lets us both celebrate St. Patrick’s Day (on which date this episode...

In this episode of the Don’t Know Her? podcast we are back to chat about another performer we feel deserving of a lot more recognition than they have received so far. This time we are delighted to be joined by a guest from all the way Down Under, it’s James Kunovski - host of the Out of Oscar podcast - who has brought the delightful Patricia Clarkson to round off our miniseries focussing in on one...

Loving her isn’t just Hereditary, it is quite simply impossible not to. So we put ourselves In Her Shoes to talk about one of the most versatile film performers of all time. For the latest in our one-time Oscar nominees miniseries, we decided to put this one out to you all to pick who was up next and you voted for the incomparable Toni Collette. We start by journeying back to discuss the memorable...

There are worse things we could do than a whole episode on the magnetic Stockard Channing, so you know what, you’re getting one. It's episode 23 and we were only too delighted to visit the career of the legendary Ms. Channing, for another installment in our one-time Oscar nominees miniseries. And Stockard is an ideal candidate given she should have sack loads of them if she were given the right op...

It’s 2022 and we are back. And back with a bang no less with the always incredible Angela Bassett. From early conversations, it was clear that we had to do an episode to this deservedly beloved legend of the screen. Angela will be known to many for her sublime portrait of Tina Turner in 1993’s What’s Love Got To Do With It where she cemented herself in the minds of cinema-goers as a formidable tal...

Welcome to the best birthday bash in town. It’s our host Michael’s birthday episode and therefore he was so kindly given free rein to choose any performer of his choosing and (thank heavens) he chose a great one. It’s Imelda Staunton. Imelda was inevitably going to crop up as a favourite of both of ours and it was a real treat to revisit some of her wonderful film work for the pod this time round....