You Might Know Her From

It's the most elegant Housewife to ever live, folks. We are joined by Eileen Davidson this week. You Might Know Her From Days of Our Lives, The Young & the Restless, The House on Sorority Row, Easy Wheels, 7 Days to Vegas, and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Eileen gave us the real talk about grounding the work on daytime TV even when it was cuckoo-bananas (and fending off soap stalkers), jumpin...

We are just pleased as punch to be with the great Heather Matarazzo. You Might Know Her From The Princess Diaries 1 & 2, Saved!, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Scream 3, Hostel: Part II, The Devil's Advocate, Roseanne, and The L Word. Heather so graciously talked to us about the motives behind Stacy Merkin's terrible review of "Lez Girls" on The L Word, working with the late Garry Marshall in a big Dis...

The day has finally come. We are here with the long pursued Shohreh Aghdashloo. You Might Know Her From House of Sand and Fog, The Expanse, 24, House of Saddam, X-Men: The Last Stand, A Simple Wedding, The Lake House, and The Chess Game of the Wind. We talked to the Emmy winner and Oscar nominee about having to go toe to toe with Ben Kingsley in her first big Hollywood film, whether she liked scie...

Well folks, we're still alive and this week we are joined by the charming Natalie Zea. You Might Know Her From The Detour, Justified, The Other Guys, The Following, Dirty Sexy Money, Californication, Passions, and The Unicorn. We were absolutely giddy talking to Natalie about cutting her teeth on the wacky soap Passions, how she convinced the Hollywood powers-that-be that she was a gifted comedic...

We will not sing that theme song but we are here with television icon, Mindy Cohn. You Might Know Her From The Facts of Life, Violet Tendencies, Scooby Doo, The Secret Life of the American Teenager , and A Nice Girl Like You . Mindy talked to us about her deep ties to the LGBTQ community, taking on the iconic voice role of Velma Dinkley in Scooby Doo , and, of course, Facts of Life talk (from her...

Happy holidays and winter solstice, chicken tikkas! It's nearly the end of the year so we are here to spread some seasonal cheer with our hot takes on Steven Soderbergh's Let Them All Talk starring Meryl Streep, Dianne Wiest, and Candice Bergen; the pieces of pop culture that got us through the hellmouth that was 2020, and finally we each come with surprises for the other. If you like surprises li...

Dreams do come true because we are here with Denny Dillon. You Might Know Her From Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Fever, My One & Only, Gypsy, Garbo Talks, Dream On, and Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography. After courting her for nearly two years, we chatted with Denny about making her Broadway debut in the historic revival of Gypsy starring Angela Lansbury and directed by Arthur Laurents, he...

Actor and comedian Amy Hill joins us (from Hawaii!) so we can dig into her 30+ year career. You Might Know Her From All American Girl, Unreal, Magnum P.I., 50 First Dates, The Cat in the Hat, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and Enlightened. Amy talked about her breakout role as a 65-year-old grandmother on Margaret Cho's All American Girl , clocking in as a guest star on nearly every half-hour comedy in Holl...

We are in the presence of greatness this week with Celia Weston, an incredible actor who joined us remotely despite not even having the internet. Can you believe? You Might Know Her From Dead Man Walking, In the Bedroom, Junebug, Alice, The Talented Mr. Ripley, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Igby Goes Down, Far From Heaven, and The Village. Celia, one of the truest embodiments of the premise of thi...

Folks, we hope you are safe and healthy and making the most of this (complicated) holiday. If you're not, might we suggest you watch Netflix's Hillbilly Elegy and join us afterwards for a recap? Because this week we are breaking down the highs and lows of the new Ron Howard film starring Glenn Close, Amy Adams, and a man. Tell us what you think of this movie adaptation of JD Vance's best selling m...

Actor and cult icon Mink Stole is on mic with us this week. You Might Know Her From Pink Flamingos, But I'm a Cheerleader, Desperate Living, Spyder Games, Female Trouble, and the Eating Out films. Mink talks to us about her simpatico relationship with queer filmmakers, her decades-long work with John Waters and the Dreamlanders, taking on the world of cabaret and releasing her album Do Re Mink, an...

You Might Know Her From The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Harriet, Jacqueline and Jilly, Frank's Place, Simon & Simon, and Eve. Daphne opens up about joining The Fresh Prince as Aunt Viv and their upcoming reunion for HBO Max (complete with Janet Hubert), and tells us why she didn't shake the hand of the former President when he guest starred back in the day. We discuss her life as an artist in Virgini...

This week we are in stitches with the hilarious and generous Rachael Harris. You Might Know Her From The Hangover, For Your Consideration, Lucifer, Reno 911!, Suits, Fat Actress, and Natural Selection. Rachael chats with us about being discovered by Christopher Guest while performing with The Groundlings, grounding the "angel baby" work on Lucifer , and showing off her incredible range in dramatic...

Miss Drinka! This week we are joined by the hilarious and warm Sandra Caldwell: You Might Know Her From: The Cheetah Girls, Little Men, Love Songs, Good Fences, Disclosure, and Charm. Sandra gave us the behind-the-scenes skinny of acting opposite Raven-Symoné and ⅔ of 3LW, publicly coming out as trans just in time to headline an off-Broadway play about the real life Miss Gloria Allen, and how her...

Our very first Disney princess, y'all! This week we are joined by Irene Bedard. You Might Know Her From: Pocahontas, Smoke Signals, The New World, The Mist, Ralph Breaks the Internet, and Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee. We get into the legacy of Pocahontas and the ways in which she is entangled with Irene's body of work as an actor, the sense of community among indigenous artists within Holly...

We have a lesbian legend in our presence: none other than Tammy Lynn Michaels. You Might Know Her From Popular, The L Word, Committed, D.E.B.S., That '80s Show, and Dolly Parton's Heartstrings. Tammy Lynn opened up to us about being a closeted actor on Ryan Murphy's Popular, publicly coming out during her relationship with Melissa Etheridge, and appearing in our "fave show" The L Word. Tammy also...

Back on our bullshit with the incomparable Sarita Choudhury. You Might Know Her From Homeland , Mississippi Masala, Jessica Jones, She Hate Me, Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love, Learning to Drive, A Hologram for a King, and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay. Sarita tells us her pal Sakina Jaffrey convinced her to come on our little show and we are so glad she did. We talk about Sarita's upcoming horror film...

Honey bees, we are back for season three and so glad to see youz. We are kicking off our new season with the brilliant Persia White. You Might Know Her From Girlfriends, The Vampire Diaries, Breaker High, and Dysfunctional Friends. We start off our very first "remote" interview with us in New York and Persia in LA talking about Girlfriends coming to Netflix, the possibility of a reunion film, meet...

Folks, we're back! Sort of. Please enjoy this end of summer clip show. We recorded this in May but wanted to drop it now to let you know we will be back with brand new interviews starting on Thursday, October 1! In the meantime, enjoy this clip show featuring bits from Ann Harada, Maryann Plunkett, Annaleigh Ashford, Jayne Houdyshell, Joyce Van Patten, Sepideh Moafi, and Lainie Kazan.  Follow us o...

Folks, it's Damian and Anne here to let you know that we will air our season two finale sometime soon-ish this summer but right now we are using our time and resources to support the Black Lives Matter movement. If you are interested in learning more or donating, we have included some links that we have found helpful. If you are hankering for new You Might Know Her From episodes, we suggest starti...

This quarantined week we are celebrating the legend that is the late, great Jan Hooks. You Might Know Her From Saturday Night Live, Designing Women, PeeWee's Big Adventure, 30 Rock, and A Dangerous Woman. Anne and Damian break down their favorite Jan sketches from SNL , Jan's penchant for musical comedy, and the film she made with Debra Winger, Barbara Hershey, and Laurie Metcalf! Follow us on soc...

In another special quarantine episode, we discuss Anna May Wong, who appears as a character in Ryan Murphy's recent Netflix series Hollywood . We are getting to know the real life actor, trailblazer, and queer icon who died in 1961. You Might Know Her From Shanghai Express, The Toll of the Sea, Piccadilly, The Thief of Baghdad, Daughter of the Dragon, and The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong. We get in...

We are continuing our social distance, deep dives on dearly departed actresses. This week we dig into the oeuvre of actor, singer, and dancer Paula Kelly. You Might Know Her From Sweet Charity, The Women of Brewster Place, Night Court, Uptown Saturday Night, South Central, Santa Barbara , and Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling . We get into Paula's work in musicals including the little-known Alice...

Because of the state of the world, we are trying something new this week and celebrating a long lost actress, the legendary Charlotte Rae. You Might Know Her From The Facts of Life, Different Strokes, The Worst Witch, Don't Mess with the Zohan, Lil Abner, Ricki and the Flash, and Car 54, Where Are You? We break down some of our favorite credits of Charlotte's, the gems we uncovered while doing our...

The incredibly talented Sasha Allen joins us on today's episode. You Might Know Her From Camp, The Voice, for colored girls…, Hair, and Pippin. Sasha talked about how the cult film Camp shaped her career, finding balance between her music career and the theatre, how The Voice uplifted her when she was down on her luck, and the power of Ntozake Shange's choreopoem f or colored girls who have consid...