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Our guest today, Julianne Nicholson, is one of those actors who's well known to movie buffs and people in the entertainment world.
If her name doesn't ring a bell with you, you'd surely recognize her face from memorable roles she's had in dozens of films and television series.
She's perhaps best known for the HBO limited series Mare of Easttown, where she played the best friend of the small town detective mare, played by Kate Winslet.
Nicholson's role becomes central in the climax of the series, and her performance earned a Primetime Emmy Award.
Shes appeared in the films August, Osage County I, Tonya, Black Mass Dream Scenario and the Al Yankovic story, among others, and in the tv series Ally Law and Masters of Sex, Boardwalk Empire, the Outsider and others.
Nicholson is now starring in Janet Planet, the first film written and directed by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Annie Baker.
Its in theaters now and has earned widespread critical praise.
Nicholson plays a single mom, an acupuncturist living in rural Massachusetts.
The story centers on her relationship with her eleven year old daughter, played by Zoe Ziegler.
Julianne Nicholson, welcome to FReSh Air.
Thank you.
It's so nice to be here.