As she toldParadein 2023, she doesn’t necessarily worry about being an “it girl.”
“I would just like to be perceived as a cool dude,” she said.
Whether she likes it or not, she’s a Hollywood “it girl” in the making.
Her love of reading and getting lost in a book set the stage for her love of acting.
And then acting is an extension of that being able to be another person for a while."
“I wanted a degree and the National Theatre School doesn’t give you that diploma.
Concordia has a hands-on program with small classes.
It broke me out of a lazy cycle of procrastination.
I had to work hard but we also had fun.
Those were formative years.
I was figuring myself out, surrounded by creative people.
… Concordia set me on my path,” the “Russian Doll” actor explained.
She decided to move to Los Angeles at 22 years old and really give her all to acting.
Initially, her time in Hollywood wasn’t a very glamorous experience.
The roommate, a fellow actor, prepared for a role as a soldier by sleeping in her closet.
It was one of the saddest, loneliest times of my life," Murphy said.
But you’re a drama girl.'
They had their blinders on."
From the start, Versteeg and Murphy have been supportive of each other’s careers.
For the first half of Hollerado’s career, Annie was a struggling actress.
We ended up writing songs together," he toldElle.
Jacob Elordi landed “Euphoria” right when he was ready to leave Hollywood.
“Just before ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ things were quite bleak,” she told Kelly Clarkson.
“My house had just burnt down, I had like $3 in my bank account.
Long story short, her audition won Eugene over.
I stole a bunch of stuff from them, which I am so grateful for.”
The series ended after six seasons, leaving the cast with a lot to reflect on.
In an March 2020 interview withE!
News, Murphy spoke about what filming the final episodes was like.
“That was kind of the scene I was living in at that point.
During a tour of a Syrian refugee camp, Murphy met with three young sisters.
“I don’t expect this to happen again, you know?
I think it’s such an incredibly special show and they don’t come along that often.
I am just trying to suck up through osmosis all these crazy [experiences],” Murphy said.
“I felt out of sorts and I didn’t feel right in my body.
She portrayed Allison McRoberts, a sitcom wife who’s trapped in an unhappy marriage.
The dramedy was darker than many of her previous roles.
“It was unlike anything that I had read, not only that particular pilot season, but ever.
It’s a bold, risky show and I really liked that about it.
I liked that it was about a very flawed character.
… That was really appealing to me,” she said.
In the first four hour chunk that we did, [I] blew my voice out entirely.”
“They sent me the script and my jaw just kind of kept dropping and dropping and dropping.
