‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Janelle James On ‘ABBOTT ELEMENTARY,’ SUDDEN FAME AND DesERVING AN EMMY

I Not Easy to Make Audiences Fall in Love With A Character Who Behaves Terribly, But That Has Been The Bread and Butter of The Guest on the 600th Episode of The Hollywood Reporter‘s Awards ChatterWHICH WAS RECORDED IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE AT CHAPMAN University: Stand-Up Comedian and Actress Janelle JamesWho is Best Known-and Currently Emmy-Nominated for the Fourth Time-For Playing Ava Coleman, The Narcissistic, Incompent, Morally Compromised, Toxic, But Coomal School On Quinta Brunson‘S HIT ABC Comedy Series, Abbott elementary.

Over The Course of the Conversation, James, 45, Reflects on Her Early Years in St. Thomas, Coming to New York and Ten, in Illinois, Stumbling Into Stand-Up Comedy. She speaks about touring with Chris rock, Amy Schumer an David Cross and Writing for Bet’s The Rundown with Robin TheDe (2017) and Showtime’s Black Monday (2020-21), The Latter of Wich ALSO LED TO HER ACTING FOR THE FIRST TIME. And she dyshes about the Casting Process that Led To Her Winning The Part of Ava On Abbott elementaryWHICH HAS BROUGHT HER NOT ONLY EMMY NOMINATIONS BUT ALSO NOMINATIONS FOR SAG, GOLDEN GLOBE, Critics Choice and Spirit Awards and, Along with Her Castmates, The Best Commed.

She Also Candidly Discusses the Pros and Cons of Sudden Celebrity and Wealth, and of Acting on a Network Show, As Opped to a Cable or Streaming Program Actress in a comedy Series Emmy Nominees). She lifts the veil on some of the comEDIC and Physical Challenges of Playing Ava. And She Breaks Down Her Assignment on the Fourth Season of Abbott – Durying WHICH AVA RECONNEsed with Her Father, Found a Love Interest and Lost Her Job – and Concurs with the Host’s Assertion that Itason for Whoason For Wieh.

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