HOW TO SUCCEED's Tammy Blanchard Booked for THE BIG C Arc

By: Mar. 12, 2012
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HOW TO SUCCEED star Tammy Blanchard has booked a three episode arc on THE BIG C, a dark comedy series on Showtime.

According to deadline.com, "She will play Giselle, a sexy, married, and uninhibited pilates instructor who enters into an unconventional relationship with Cathy’s (Laura Linney) brother Sean (John Benjamin Hickey)."

The Emmy Award winner and Tony Award nominee is also starring opposite Kristin Davis in the original Lifetime TV movie “Of Two Minds.” Blanchard plays Davis’ younger sister who is dealing with schizophrenia. “Of Two Minds” premiered on Lifetime network on Saturday, March 10, at 8pm.

Blanchard was nominated for a 2012 for her performance in HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING and is best known for her portrayal of the young Judy Garland in “Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows” (Emmy Award, Golden Globe and AFI nominations). Her Broadway credits include Gypsy (Tony nomination, Theatre World Award). She was most recently seen in the film Moneyball. Blanchard’s other film credits include The Good Shepherd, Bella, Cadillac Records and Rabbit Hole, and she recently completed The Music Never Stopped, Certainty, Union Square and Burning Blue. Her television credits include “We Were the Mulvaneys,” “Sybil,” “Living Proof,” “Amish Grace,” “The Good Wife,” “Law & Order: SVU” and “Guiding Light.”

Read the deadline.com article here

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