TV's Powerful, Complex Women
"TV is the Wonderbra for actresses over 40," says "Ugly Betty" Emmy nominee Vanessa Williams.
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Nurse Jackie, which premiered in June, is the latest series to showcase a prickly and fascinating midlife character. Edie Falco plays a lifesaving nurse who pops painkillers, does the right (but not always the legal) thing and has a lover as well as a husband. “She’s like a Robin Hood vigilante doing a high-wire act,” says Linda Wallem, one of the two women who originated the series. Adds Liz Brixius, the series’ cocreator, “We just let her fly. This is where age and experience win.”
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women over 40 rock. it's plain and simple. i just wish they'd be happy they are over 40 and not hide from it! not all, but some, still do.
