Rhea Seehorn has received two Emmy nominations for best supporting actress in drama. The Television Academy has recognized Seehorn’s electrifying performance in her role as the driven lawyer Kim Wexler in the show Better Call Saul.
Seehorn has been able to embrace her character as Kim Wexler because of the dislocation they both faced.
Kim Wexler was a homeless child growing up, and her mother was a con artist.
Seehorn was 12 when her parents split, and her father died of complications from alcoholism during her freshman year of college.
Trish Goodwin, one of Seehorn’s best friends since childhood, said, “She was devastated” when Seehorn received the call. “She kind of saw that tether to art cut — that was how she connected with her dad,” Goodwin added. “And I think it probably gave her a lot more focus when she came back.”
Seehorn is not like most female actors. When Seehorn moved to Hollywood in 2012 to pursue an acting career, producers would ask her to be more feminine; they expected her to be the pretty blonde girl. Seehorn did her best to ignore these comments and stated she wants to be empowering, like her role models: Madeline Kahn, Gilda Radner, and Gena Rowlands.
“I think she’s rolled with the punches her whole life,” Bob Odenkirk, who plays Saul Goodman from Better Call Saul, said. Instead of letting it make her into “a cowering, delicate person, she’s tough and she bounces back, and she’s fun.”
Seehorn’s genius portrayal of Wexler made audiences enjoy her presence, and her performance evolved the show. She brought a certain toughness that was evident from the beginning of what she could do with the role.
Developer and co-director Peter Gould smiled as he said regarding Seehorn, “There wasn’t even a remote second choice.”
Sources:
Rhea Seehorn Didn’t Just Finally Get an Emmy Nomination—She Got Two | Vanity Fair
Rhea Seehorn Is Getting Away With It – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Seehorn has been able to embrace her character as Kim Wexler because of the dislocation they both faced.
Kim Wexler was a homeless child growing up, and her mother was a con artist.
Seehorn was 12 when her parents split, and her father died of complications from alcoholism during her freshman year of college.
Trish Goodwin, one of Seehorn’s best friends since childhood, said, “She was devastated” when Seehorn received the call. “She kind of saw that tether to art cut — that was how she connected with her dad,” Goodwin added. “And I think it probably gave her a lot more focus when she came back.”
Seehorn is not like most female actors. When Seehorn moved to Hollywood in 2012 to pursue an acting career, producers would ask her to be more feminine; they expected her to be the pretty blonde girl. Seehorn did her best to ignore these comments and stated she wants to be empowering, like her role models: Madeline Kahn, Gilda Radner, and Gena Rowlands.
“I think she’s rolled with the punches her whole life,” Bob Odenkirk, who plays Saul Goodman from Better Call Saul, said. Instead of letting it make her into “a cowering, delicate person, she’s tough and she bounces back, and she’s fun.”
Seehorn’s genius portrayal of Wexler made audiences enjoy her presence, and her performance evolved the show. She brought a certain toughness that was evident from the beginning of what she could do with the role.
Developer and co-director Peter Gould smiled as he said regarding Seehorn, “There wasn’t even a remote second choice.”
Sources:
Rhea Seehorn Didn’t Just Finally Get an Emmy Nomination—She Got Two | Vanity Fair
Rhea Seehorn Is Getting Away With It – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
